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,