20:51
قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ الْقُرُونِ الْأُولَىٰ
Transliteration:
Qala fama balu alqurooni al-oola
Word by Word:
He said, "Then what (is the) case (of) the generations (of) the former."
Translations:
Said [Pharaoh]: "And what of all the past generations?"
(Pharaoh) said: "What then is the condition of previous generations?"
He said: What then is the state of the generations of old?
He said: What then is the state of the former generations?
[Pharaoh] said, "Then what is the case of the former generations?"