Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Maryam, Ayah 74
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَحْسَنُ أَثَٰثًۭا وَرِءْيًۭا
And how many a generation have We destroyed before them who were better in possessions and [outward] appearance?
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(How many a generation) how many past nations (have We destroyed before them) before Quraysh, (who were more imposing about gear) are better looking in outward form (and outward seeming) and have more wealth and offspring!
Related Hadiths
Sahih Muslim#6313Sahih
The best among people are of my generation, then those next to them. (The narrator said): I do not know whether (he said) it three times or four times. Then there would fellow after them such persons ...
Narrated by 'Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:
Sahih Muslim#6318Sahih
The best generation of this Umma is the generation to which I have been sent, then the next one, and there is an addition in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Abu 'Awana (and the words are): ...
Narrated by This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Imran b. Husain through another chain of transmitters (and the words are):
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
And how many — in other words many — a generation that is a community from among the communities of the past have We destroyed before them who were superior in their possession of gear in wealth and chattel and in appearance superior as a sight ri’yan derives from the infinitive al-ru’ya. Thus in the same way that We destroyed those ones because of their disbelief We will destroy these ones also.