Al-Qurun (the centuries and generations)

وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا ٱلْقُرُونَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا۟ ۙ وَجَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ لِيُؤْمِنُوا۟ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

We destroyed the generations before you when they did wrong; and their messengers (from Allah) came unto them with clear proofs (of His Sovereignty) but they would not believe. Thus do We reward the guilty folk.

Qur'an 10:13

فَلَوْلَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ أُو۟لُوا۟ بَقِيَّةٍ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْفَسَادِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّمَّنْ أَنجَيْنَا مِنْهُمْ ۗ وَٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مَآ أُتْرِفُوا۟ فِيهِ وَكَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ

If only there had been among the generations before you men possessing a remnant (of good sense) to warn (their people) from corruption in the earth, as did a few of those whom We saved from them! The wrong-doers followed that by which they were made sapless, and were guilty.

Qur'an 11:116

وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ نُوحٍ ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًا

How many generations have We destroyed since Noah! And Allah sufficeth as Knower and Beholder of the sins of His slaves.

Qur'an 17:17

أَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِى مَسَـٰكِنِهِمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰ

Is it not a guidance for them (to know) how many a generation We destroyed before them, amid whose dwellings they walk? Lo! therein verily are signs for men of thought.

Qur'an 20:128

قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ ٱلْقُرُونِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

He said: What then is the state of the generations of old?

Qur'an 20:51

ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ قُرُونًا ءَاخَرِينَ

Then after them We brought forth other generations.

Qur'an 23:42

وَعَادًا وَثَمُودَا۟ وَأَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلرَّسِّ وَقُرُونًۢا بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ كَثِيرًا

And (the tribes of) A'ad and Thamud, and the dwellers in Ar-Rass, and many generations in between.

Qur'an 25:38

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَآ أَهْلَكْنَا ٱلْقُرُونَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ بَصَآئِرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

And We verily gave the Scripture unto Moses after We had destroyed the generations of old: clear testimonies for mankind, and a guidance and a mercy, that haply they might reflect.

Qur'an 28:43

وَلَـٰكِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَا قُرُونًا فَتَطَاوَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْعُمُرُ ۚ وَمَا كُنتَ ثَاوِيًا فِىٓ أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ تَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا وَلَـٰكِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ

But We brought forth generations, and their lives dragged on for them. And thou wast not a dweller in Midian, reciting unto them Our revelations, but We kept sending (messengers to men).

Qur'an 28:45

قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أُوتِيتُهُۥ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عِندِىٓ ۚ أَوَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدْ أَهْلَكَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مَنْ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُ قُوَّةً وَأَكْثَرُ جَمْعًا ۚ وَلَا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذُنُوبِهِمُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

He said: I have been given it only on account of knowledge I possess. Knew he not that Allah had destroyed already of the generations before him men who were mightier than him in strength and greater in respect of following? The guilty are not questioned of their sins.

Qur'an 28:78

أَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِى مَسَـٰكِنِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ ۖ أَفَلَا يَسْمَعُونَ

Is it not a guidance for them (to observe) how many generations We destroyed before them, amid whose dwelling places they do walk? Lo! therein verily are portents! Will they not then heed?

Qur'an 32:26

أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ

Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them, which indeed returned not unto them;

Qur'an 36:31

۞ وَقَيَّضْنَا لَهُمْ قُرَنَآءَ فَزَيَّنُوا۟ لَهُم مَّا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَحَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَوْلُ فِىٓ أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ خَـٰسِرِينَ

And We assigned them comrades (in the world), who made their present and their past fairseeming unto them. And the Word concerning nations of the jinn and humankind who passed away before them hath effect for them. Lo! they were ever losers.

Qur'an 41:25

وَٱلَّذِى قَالَ لِوَٰلِدَيْهِ أُفٍّ لَّكُمَآ أَتَعِدَانِنِىٓ أَنْ أُخْرَجَ وَقَدْ خَلَتِ ٱلْقُرُونُ مِن قَبْلِى وَهُمَا يَسْتَغِيثَانِ ٱللَّهَ وَيْلَكَ ءَامِنْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ فَيَقُولُ مَا هَـٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

And whoso saith unto his parents: Fie upon you both! Do ye threaten me that I shall be brought forth (again) when generations before me have passed away? And they twain cry unto Allah for help (and say): Woe unto thee! Believe! Lo! the promise of Allah is true. But he saith: This is naught save fables of the men of old:

Qur'an 46:17

Sahih al-Bukhari 4807 — Prophetic Commentary on the Qur'an (Tafseer of the Prophet (pbuh))

Sahih al-Bukhari · 4807

In Sahih al-Bukhari; mention of writing or dispatching a letter.

صحيح مسلم — p. 1425

Sahih Muslim · 1425

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صحيح مسلم — p. 1267

Sahih Muslim · 1267

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Muslim 2533 — The best of you is my generation

Sahih Muslim · 2533

رواية عمران بن حصين في فضائل الصحابة من صحيح مسلم؛ فضل القرن النبوي ومن يليه — نص ترتيب الأجيال الأشهر.

Muslim 2582 — Rights will be restored to their owners on the Last Day

Sahih Muslim · 2582

رواية أبي هريرة في كتاب البر والصلة والآداب من صحيح مسلم؛ عدل يوم القيامة يبلغ أقصاه: القصاص للشاة الجلحاء من القرناء.

Muwatta 1144

Muwatta of Imam Malik · 1144

تخبر رقية مولاة عمرة بنت عبد الرحمن أنها خرجت مع عمرة إلى مكة، فدخلت مكة يوم التروية، وطافت بالبيت وسعت بين الصفا والمروة، ثم طلبت مقصا فأخذت من قرون رأسها. فلما كان يوم النحر ذبحت شاة. {cite:muwatta-maruf-1997 p.519}

Muwatta 1146

Muwatta of Imam Malik · 1146

يروي مالك عن نافع أن ابن عمر كان يقول إن المرأة المحرمة إذا حلت لا تمتشط حتى تأخذ من قرون رأسها، وإن كان معها هدي فلا تأخذ من شعرها شيئا حتى تنحر هديها. {cite:muwatta-maruf-1997 p.519}

Tirmidhi 3580 — My true servant is the one who remembers Me as he meets his foe

Jami' al-Tirmidhi · 3580

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الخطط المقريزية — المقريزي — p. 736

al-Khitat al-Maqriziyya — al-Mawa'iz wa-l-I'tibar · 736

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مسند أحمد — p. 28

al-Musnad · 28

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The Mu'allaqa of Imru' al-Qays (8)

The Mu'allaqa of Imru' al-Qays, 'Halt, you two, let us weep' · 8

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سير أعلام النبلاء — الذهبي — p. 5

Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa'l-A'lam · 5

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تفسير ابن كثير — p. 1547

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Tafsir al-Qur'an al-'Azim) · 1547

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تفسير ابن كثير — p. 1804

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تفسير الجلالين — p. 521

Tafsir al-Jalalayn · 521

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تفسير الجلالين — p. 423

Tafsir al-Jalalayn · 423

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تفسير الجلالين — p. 503

Tafsir al-Jalalayn · 503

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الجامع لأحكام القرآن — القرطبي — p. 2203

al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Qur'an (Tafsir al-Qurtubi) · 2203

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مرآة الزمان في تواريخ الأعيان — ابن الجوزي — p. 69

Mir'at al-Zaman fi Tawarikh al-A'yan · 69

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تاريخ الإسلام — حسن إبراهيم حسن — p. 364

Tarikh al-Islam al-Siyasi wa'l-Dini wa'l-Thaqafi wa'l-Ijtima'i · 364

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أسباب النزول — الواحدي — p. 190

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أسباب النزول — الواحدي — p. 334

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