Surah Ad-Dukhan, ayah 37
أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ
Are they better or the people of Tubbaʿ and those before them? We destroyed them, [for] indeed, they were criminals.
Ad-Dukhan · 44:37
Word by word
- أَهُمْahumAre they
- خَيْرٌkhayrunbetter
- أَمْamor
- قَوْمُqawmu(the) people
- تُبَّعٍۢtubbaʿin(of) Tubba
- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those
- مِنminbefore them
- قَبْلِهِمْ ۚqablihimbefore them
- أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۖahlaknāhumWe destroyed them
- إِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed, they
- كَانُوا۟kānūwere
- مُجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīnacriminals
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