Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:77

21:77

وَنَصَرْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمَ سَوْءٍ فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

wanaṣarnāhu mina l-qawmi alladhīna kadhabū biāyātinā innahum kānū qawma sawin fa-aghraqnāhum ajmaʿīna

And We aided [i.e., saved] him from the people who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a people of evil, so We drowned them, all together.

— Saheeh International

and We helped him against the people who rejected Our signs- they were evil people, so We drowned them all.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

We helped him against the people who denied Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.). Verily, they were a people given to evil. So We drowned them all.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 17Page 328meccan

Word by Word

وَنَصَرْنَـٰهُwanaṣarnāhuAnd We helped him
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe people
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūdenied
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآۚbiāyātināOur Signs
إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
كَانُوا۟kānūwere
قَوْمَqawmaa people
سَوْءٍۢsawinevil
فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْfa-aghraqnāhumso We drowned them
أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall