Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Taa-Haa, Ayah 51
قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ ٱلْقُرُونِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
[Pharaoh] said, "Then what is the case of the former generations?"
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He Pharaoh said ‘So what of the status of the generations the communities of old?’ such as the people of Noah Hūd Lot and Sālih with regard to their having worshipped graven images.
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(He said) Pharaoh said to Moses: (What then is the state of the generations of old?) What is the events of the people of old? How did they perish?