19:74 wa kam ahlaknaa qablahum min qarnin hum aHsanu athaathaw wa ri'yaa

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
And many a generation We did destroy before them, who exceeded them in wealth and pomp!

Yusuf Ali:
But how many (countless) generations before them have we destroyed, who were even better in equipment and in glitter to the eye?

Pickthal:
How many a generation have We destroyed before them, who were more imposing in respect of gear and outward seeming!