37:168
لَوْ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكْرًا مِّنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Transliteration:
Law anna AAindana thikran mina al-awwaleena
Word by Word:
"If that we had a reminder from the former (people),
Translations:
If only we had a tradition [to this effect] from our forebears,
"If only we had had before us a Message from those of old,
If we had but a reminder from the men of old
We would have been sincere servants of Allah.
"If we had a message from [those of] the former peoples,