Quran 53:52 — An-Najm, verse 52
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and before them the people of Noah who were even more unjust and insolent;
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِنْ قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ
waqawma nūḥin min qablu innahum kānū hum aẓlama wa-aṭghā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and the people of Noah before -- certainly they did exceeding evil, and were insolent
- Muhammad Asad
- as well as the people of Noah before them - [since,] verily, they all had been most willful in their evildoing and most overweening –
- Sahih International
- And the people of Noah before. Indeed, it was they who were [even] more unjust and oppressing.
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 | they were | كون |
| 7 | هُمْhum | they were | — |
| 8 | أَظْلَمَaẓlama | more unjust | ظلم |
| 9 | وَأَطْغَىٰwa-aṭghā | and more rebellious | طغي |