وَقَوۡمَ نُوحٖ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ هُمۡ أَظۡلَمَ وَأَطۡغَىٰ ٥٢
And the people of Noah before. Indeed, it was they who were [even] more unjust and oppressing.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَقَوۡمَAnd (the) peoplewaqawma
- نُوحٖ(of) Nuhnūḥin
- مِّنbeforemin
- قَبۡلُۖbeforeqablu
- إِنَّهُمۡIndeed, theyinnahum
- كَانُواْthey werekānū
- هُمۡthey werehum
- أَظۡلَمَmore unjustaẓlama
- وَأَطۡغَىٰand more rebelliouswa-aṭghā
Tafsir
He destroyed the people of Noah before the Ad and Thamud. The people of Noah were more unjust and transgressed even more than the Ad and Thamud, because Noah lived amongst them for nine hundred and fifty years inviting them to Allah’s oneness but they did not respond to him.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran