وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدۡ كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٖ وَعَادٞ وَثَمُودُ ٤٢
And if they deny you, [O Muḥammad] - so, before them, did the people of Noah and ʿAad and Thamūd deny [their prophets],
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَإِنAnd ifwa-in
- يُكَذِّبُوكَthey deny youyukadhibūka
- فَقَدۡso verilyfaqad
- كَذَّبَتۡdeniedkadhabat
- قَبۡلَهُمۡbefore themqablahum
- قَوۡمُ(the) peopleqawmu
- نُوحٖ(of) Nuhnūḥin
- وَعَادٞand Aadwaʿādun
- وَثَمُودُand Thamudwathamūdu
Tafsir
O Messenger, if your people reject you, be patient. You are not the first messenger to be rejected by his people. Before your people, the people of Noah rejected Noah, Aad rejected Hud and Thamud rejected Salih.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran