Surah At-Tawbah, ayah 70
أَلَمْ يَأْتِهِمْ نَبَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَعَادٍ وَثَمُودَ وَقَوْمِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَأَصْحَـٰبِ مَدْيَنَ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتِ ۚ أَتَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ ۖ فَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ
Has there not reached them the news of those before them - the people of Noah and [the tribes of] ʿAad and Thamūd and the people of Abraham and the companions [i.e., dwellers] of Madyan and the towns overturned? Their messengers came to them with clear proofs. And Allāh would never have wronged them, but they were wronging themselves.
At-Tawbah · 9:70
Word by word
- أَلَمْalamHas not
- يَأْتِهِمْyatihimcome to them
- نَبَأُnaba-u(the) news
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
- مِنmin(were) before them
- قَبْلِهِمْqablihim(were) before them
- قَوْمِqawmi(the) people
- نُوحٍۢnūḥin(of) Nuh
- وَعَادٍۢwaʿādinand Aad
- وَثَمُودَwathamūdaand Thamud
- وَقَوْمِwaqawmiand (the) people
- إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma(of) Ibrahim
- وَأَصْحَـٰبِwa-aṣḥābiand (the) companions
- مَدْيَنَmadyana(of) Madyan
- وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتِ ۚwal-mu'tafikātiand the towns overturned
- أَتَتْهُمْatathumCame to them
- رُسُلُهُمrusuluhumtheir Messengers
- بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ ۖbil-bayinātiwith clear proofs
- فَمَاfamāAnd not
- كَانَkānawas
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- لِيَظْلِمَهُمْliyaẓlimahumto wrong them
- وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
- كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey were (to)
- أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
- يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūnadoing wrong
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