Quran 22:42 — Al-Hajj, verse 42
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If they reject you [Prophet], so did the people of Noah before them, and those of Ad, Thamud,
وَإِنْ يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَثَمُودُ
wa-in yukadhibūka faqad kadhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin waʿādun wathamūdu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If they cry lies to thee, so too before them the people of Noah cried lies, and Ad and Thamood,
- Muhammad Asad
- AND IF THEY [who are bent on denying the truth] give thee the lie, [O Muhammad, remember that, long] before their time, the people of Noah and [the tribes of] Ad and Thamud gave the lie [to their prophets],
- Sahih International
- And if they deny you, [O Muḥammad] - so, before them, did the people of Noah and ʿAad and Thamūd deny [their prophets],
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِنwa-in | And if | — |
| 2 | يُكَذِّبُوكَyukadhibūka | they deny you | كذب |
| 3 | فَقَدْfaqad | so verily | — |
| 4 | كَذَّبَتْkadhabat | denied | كذب |
| 5 | قَبْلَهُمْqablahum | before them | قبل |
| 6 | قَوْمُqawmu | (the) people | قوم |
| 7 | نُوحٍۢnūḥin | (of) Nuh | — |
| 8 | وَعَادٌۭwaʿādun | and Aad | عود |
| 9 | وَثَمُودُwathamūdu | and Thamud | — |