Quran 44:37 — Ad-Dukhaan, verse 37
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who flourished before them? We destroyed them all- they were guilty.
أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَالَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مُجْرِمِينَ
ahum khayrun am qawmu tubbaʿin wa-alladhīna min qablihim ahlaknāhum innahum kānū muj'rimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Are they better, or the people of Tubba' and those before them whom We destroyed? They were surely sinners.
- Muhammad Asad
- Are they, then, better than the people of Tubba and those before them, whom We destroyed because they were truly lost in [the same] sin?
- Sahih International
- Are they better or the people of Tubbaʿ and those before them? We destroyed them, [for] indeed, they were criminals.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَهُمْahum | Are they | — |
| 2 | خَيْرٌkhayrun | better | خير |
| 3 | أَمْam | or | — |
| 4 | قَوْمُqawmu | (the) people | قوم |
| 5 | تُبَّعٍۢtubbaʿin | (of) Tubba | — |
| 6 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | and those | — |
| 7 | مِنmin | before them | — |
| 8 | قَبْلِهِمْ ۚqablihim | before them | قبل |
| 9 | أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۖahlaknāhum | We destroyed them | هلك |
| 10 | إِنَّهُمْinnahum | indeed, they | — |
| 11 | كَانُوا۟kānū | were | كون |
| 12 | مُجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīna | criminals | جرم |