Medinan, and its verses are 31 [Revealed after Ar-Rahman] 'In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful'.

Is it in the meaning of "perhaps" in the question specifically? The original is: "Ahl", as evidenced by his saying:

"Did we not see them with the scalding of the valley with the hills" [[This evidence has been explained in the third part, page 342, so refer to it if you wish, the corrector said.]]

So the meaning is: Did it come? In both affirmation and approximation, meaning: Did it come upon man a time from long ago when there was nothing mentioned in it? That is, it was something forgotten, not mentioned, a drop in the loins. And the intended meaning of man is the species of the children of Adam, as evidenced by His saying: "Indeed, We created man from a drop". A time from long ago is a period of long, extended time. If you say: What is the position of "there was nothing mentioned"? I say: Its position is accusative as a state of man, as if it were said: Did a time come upon him that was not mentioned? Or it could be nominative as a description for the time, like His saying: "A day when no father will avail his son". And from some of them: It was recited before him and he said: "Would that it were completed", meaning: Would that that state were completed, which is being something not mentioned, and not created, and not tasked.