فَلَوْلَاfalawlāSo why notكَانَkānahad beenمِنَminaofالْقُرُونِl-qurūnithe generationsمِنْminbefore youقَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore youاُو۬لُواulūthose possessing a remnantبَقِيَّةٍbaqiyyatinthose possessing a remnantيَنْهَوْنَyanhawnaforbiddingعَنِʿanifromالْفَسَادِl-fasādithe corruptionفِيfīinالْاَرْضِl-arḍithe earthاِلَّاillāexceptقَل۪يلاًqalīlana fewمِمَّنْmimmanof thoseاَنْجَيْنَاanjaynāWe savedمِنْهُمْۚmin'humamong themوَاتَّبَعَwa-ittabaʿaBut followedالَّذ۪ينَalladhīnathose whoظَلَمُواẓalamūdid wrongمَٓاmāwhatاُتْرِفُواut'rifūluxury they were givenف۪يهِfīhithereinوَكَانُواwakānūand they wereمُجْرِم۪ينَmuj'rimīnacriminalsIf only there was from the previous generations a people with wisdom who deterred from the corruption on earth, except the few that We saved of them. Those who were wicked followed the enjoyment they were in, and they were criminal.