Quran 9:70 — At-Tawba, verse 70
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Have they never heard the stories about their predecessors, the peoples of Noah, Ad, Thamud, Abraham, Midian, and the ruined cities? Their messengers came to them with clear evidence of the truth: God would not deceive them; they deceived themselves.
أَلَمْ يَأْتِهِمْ نَبَأُ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَعَادٍ وَثَمُودَ وَقَوْمِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَأَصْحَابِ مَدْيَنَ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتِ ۚ أَتَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ ۖ فَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَـٰكِنْ كَانُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ
alam yatihim naba-u alladhīna min qablihim qawmi nūḥin waʿādin wathamūda waqawmi ib'rāhīma wa-aṣḥābi madyana wal-mu'tafikāti atathum rusuluhum bil-bayināti famā kāna l-lahu liyaẓlimahum walākin kānū anfusahum yaẓlimūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Has there not come to you the tidings of those who were before you -- the people of Noah, Ad, Thamood, the people of Abraham, the men of Midian and the subverted cities? Their Messengers came to them with the clear signs God would not wrong them, but themselves they wronged.
- Muhammad Asad
- Have, then, the stories of those who preceded them never come within the ken of these [hypocrites and deniers of the truth]?-[the stories] of Noah's people, and of [the tribes of] `Ad and Thamud, and of Abraham's people, and of the folk of Madyan, and of the cities that were overthrown? To [all of] them their apostles had come with all evidence of the truth. [but they rejected them:] and so it was not God who wronged them [by His punishment], but it was they who wronged themselves.
- Sahih International
- Has there not reached them the news of those before them - the people of Noah and [the tribes of] ʿAad and Thamūd and the people of Abraham and the companions [i.e., dwellers] of Madyan and the towns overturned? Their messengers came to them with clear proofs. And Allāh would never have wronged them, but they were wronging themselves.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَلَمْalam | Has not | — |
| 2 | يَأْتِهِمْyatihim | come to them | أتي |
| 3 | نَبَأُnaba-u | (the) news | نبأ |
| 4 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (of) those who | — |
| 5 | مِنmin | (were) before them | — |
| 6 | قَبْلِهِمْqablihim | (were) before them | قبل |
| 7 | قَوْمِqawmi | (the) people | قوم |
| 8 | نُوحٍۢnūḥin | (of) Nuh | — |
| 9 | وَعَادٍۢwaʿādin | and Aad | عود |
| 10 | وَثَمُودَwathamūda | and Thamud | — |
| 11 | وَقَوْمِwaqawmi | and (the) people | قوم |
| 12 | إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma | (of) Ibrahim | — |
| 13 | وَأَصْحَـٰبِwa-aṣḥābi | and (the) companions | صحب |
| 14 | مَدْيَنَmadyana | (of) Madyan | — |
| 15 | وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتِ ۚwal-mu'tafikāti | and the towns overturned | أفك |
| 16 | أَتَتْهُمْatathum | Came to them | أتي |
| 17 | رُسُلُهُمrusuluhum | their Messengers | رسل |
| 18 | بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ ۖbil-bayināti | with clear proofs | بين |
| 19 | فَمَاfamā | And not | — |
| 20 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 21 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 22 | لِيَظْلِمَهُمْliyaẓlimahum | to wrong them | ظلم |
| 23 | وَلَـٰكِنwalākin | but | — |
| 24 | كَانُوٓا۟kānū | they were (to) | كون |
| 25 | أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahum | themselves | نفس |
| 26 | يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūna | doing wrong | ظلم |