Quran 29:14 — Al-Ankaboot, verse 14
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We sent Noah out to his people. He lived among them for fifty years short of a thousand but when the Flood overwhelmed them they were still doing evil.
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ فَلَبِثَ فِيهِمْ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمْسِينَ عَامًا فَأَخَذَهُمُ الطُّوفَانُ وَهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ
walaqad arsalnā nūḥan ilā qawmihi falabitha fīhim alfa sanatin illā khamsīna ʿāman fa-akhadhahumu l-ṭūfānu wahum ẓālimūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Indeed, We sent Noah to his people, and he tarried among them a thousand years, all but fifty; so the Flood seized them, while they were evildoers.
- Muhammad Asad
- And, indeed, [in times long past] We sent forth Noah unto his people, and he dwelt among them a thousand years bar fifty; and then the floods overwhelmed them while they were still lost in evildoing:
- Sahih International
- And We certainly sent Noah to his people, and he remained among them a thousand years minus fifty years, and the flood seized them while they were wrongdoers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And verily | — |
| 2 | أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnā | We sent | رسل |
| 3 | نُوحًاnūḥan | Nuh | — |
| 4 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 5 | قَوْمِهِۦqawmihi | his people | قوم |
| 6 | فَلَبِثَfalabitha | and he remained | لبث |
| 7 | فِيهِمْfīhim | among them | — |
| 8 | أَلْفَalfa | a thousand | ألف |
| 9 | سَنَةٍsanatin | year(s) | سنو |
| 10 | إِلَّاillā | save | — |
| 11 | خَمْسِينَkhamsīna | fifty | خمس |
| 12 | عَامًۭاʿāman | year(s) | عوم |
| 13 | فَأَخَذَهُمُfa-akhadhahumu | then seized them | أخذ |
| 14 | ٱلطُّوفَانُl-ṭūfānu | the flood | طوف |
| 15 | وَهُمْwahum | while they | — |
| 16 | ظَـٰلِمُونَẓālimūna | (were) wrongdoers | ظلم |