Quran 51:46 — Adh-Dhaariyat, verse 46
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Before that We destroyed the people of Noah. They were a truly sinful people!
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِنْ قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْمًا فَاسِقِينَ
waqawma nūḥin min qablu innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And the people of Noah before; surely they were an ungodly people.
- Muhammad Asad
- And [thus, too, We destroyed] Noah’s people aforetime: for they were iniquitous folk.
- Sahih International
- And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَوْمَwaqawma | And (the) people | قوم |
| 2 | نُوحٍۢnūḥin | (of) Nuh | — |
| 3 | مِّنmin | before | — |
| 4 | قَبْلُ ۖqablu | before | قبل |
| 5 | إِنَّهُمْinnahum | indeed, they | — |
| 6 | كَانُوا۟kānū | were | كون |
| 7 | قَوْمًۭاqawman | a people | قوم |
| 8 | فَـٰسِقِينَfāsiqīna | defiantly disobedient | فسق |