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Al-'Ankabut 14

Ayah 14 of 69 · Meccan

وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِيهِمۡ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمۡسِينَ عَامٗا فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلطُّوفَانُ وَهُمۡ ظَٰلِمُونَ ١٤

And We certainly sent Noah to his people, and he remained among them a thousand years minus fifty years, and the flood seized them while they were wrongdoers.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَقَدۡAnd verilywalaqad
  2. أَرۡسَلۡنَاWe sentarsalnā
  3. نُوحًاNuhnūḥan
  4. إِلَىٰtoilā
  5. قَوۡمِهِۦhis peopleqawmihi
  6. فَلَبِثَand he remainedfalabitha
  7. فِيهِمۡamong themfīhim
  8. أَلۡفَa thousandalfa
  9. سَنَةٍyear(s)sanatin
  10. إِلَّاsaveillā
  11. خَمۡسِينَfiftykhamsīna
  12. عَامٗاyear(s)ʿāman
  13. فَأَخَذَهُمُthen seized themfa-akhadhahumu
  14. ٱلطُّوفَانُthe floodl-ṭūfānu
  15. وَهُمۡwhile theywahum
  16. ظَٰلِمُونَ(were) wrongdoersẓālimūna

Tafsir

And I sent Noah as a Messenger to his people, then he stayed amongst them for a period of nine hundred and fifty years, calling them to the Oneness of Allah. But they denied him and remained on their disbelief, so the flood seized them whilst they were wrongdoers due to their disbelief in Allah and their denial of the Messengers, thus they were destroyed through drowning.

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