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Câu: 98

وَكَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡنٍ هَلۡ تُحِسُّ مِنۡهُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ أَوۡ تَسۡمَعُ لَهُمۡ رِكۡزَۢا

(98) And how many a generation We have destroyed before them! Do you perceive^[165] any of them or hear from them even a murmur?^[166]

[165] Tuḥissu means to see, perceive, or know. Iḥsās refers to knowledge acquired through one of the senses, and aḥsastu-hū means I perceived it through my senses (cf. Ibn Fāris, Maqāyīs al-Lughah; al-Iṣfahānī, al-Mufradāt): “So do you see any trace of them remaining?” (69: 8).
[166] Rikzā (murmur) is a very quiet, inaudible sound (cf. al-Iṣfahānī, al-Mufradāt; Ibn Qutaybah, Gharīb al-Qur’ān; al-Sijistānī, Gharīb al-Qur’ān).
These past generations, who suffered the weight of God’s Wrath, have perished and vanished, leaving behind only their stories as lessons for those who reflect. No trace or remnant of them remains; their homes stand empty, and they have moved on to a realm where only faith and righteous deeds can avail them, but alas. Likewise, these Associators will face the same fate as those before them if they do not hasten to repent before destruction overtakes them (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Qurṭubī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Sa‘dī).
Further, according to the great Qur’an lexicographer, al-Rāghib al-Iṣfahānī, rikzan signifies a trace so subtle that it is nearly imperceptible, symbolizing the total disappearance of past nations. From the same root comes rikāz, meaning hidden or buried wealth, which further emphasizes that only the faintest remnants remain—akin to the secret treasures left behind by lost civilizations.