Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Maryam, Ayah 74
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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.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(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!