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Ad-Dukhan 37

Ayah 37 of 59 · Meccan

أَهُمۡ خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ قَوۡمُ تُبَّعٖ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ مُجۡرِمِينَ ٣٧

Are they better or the people of Tubbaʿ1 and those before them? We destroyed them, [for] indeed, they were criminals.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 The tribe of Saba’.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَهُمۡAre theyahum
  2. خَيۡرٌbetterkhayrun
  3. أَمۡoram
  4. قَوۡمُ(the) peopleqawmu
  5. تُبَّعٖ(of) Tubbatubbaʿin
  6. وَٱلَّذِينَand thosewa-alladhīna
  7. مِنbefore themmin
  8. قَبۡلِهِمۡbefore themqablihim
  9. أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚWe destroyed themahlaknāhum
  10. إِنَّهُمۡindeed, theyinnahum
  11. كَانُواْwerekānū
  12. مُجۡرِمِينَcriminalsmuj'rimīna

Tafsir

O Messenger! Are these denying idolaters stronger and more resistant, or the people of Tubba‘ and those after them like the ‘Ād and Thamūd? I destroyed them all. Indeed, they were criminals.

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