كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٖ وَعَادٞ وَفِرۡعَوۡنُ ذُو ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ ١٢
The people of Noah denied before them, and [the tribe of] ʿAad and Pharaoh, the owner of stakes,1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 By which he tortured people.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- كَذَّبَتۡDeniedkadhabat
- قَبۡلَهُمۡbefore themqablahum
- قَوۡمُ(the) peopleqawmu
- نُوحٖ(of) Nuhnūḥin
- وَعَادٞand Aadwaʿādun
- وَفِرۡعَوۡنُand Firaunwafir'ʿawnu
- ذُو(the) ownerdhū
- ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ(of) the stakesl-awtādi
Tafsir
These deniers are not the first to deny, because the people of Noah, Aad, and the powerful Pharaoh denied before them.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran