Surah Al-Furqan (الفرقان) • The Criterion

Quran 25:37

25:37

وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ لَّمَّا كَذَّبُوا۟ ٱلرُّسُلَ أَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ لِلنَّاسِ ءَايَةً ۖ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا

waqawma nūḥin lammā kadhabū l-rusula aghraqnāhum wajaʿalnāhum lilnnāsi āyatan wa-aʿtadnā lilẓẓālimīna ʿadhāban alīman

And the people of Noah - when they denied the messengers, We drowned them, and We made them for mankind a sign. And We have prepared for the wrongdoers a painful punishment.

— Saheeh International

The people of Noah, too: when they rejected their messengers, We drowned them and made them an example to all people. We have prepared a painful torment for the evildoers,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And Nûh’s (Noah) people, when they denied the Messengers, We drowned them, and We made them as a sign for mankind. And We have prepared a painful torment for the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers).

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

Juz 19Page 363meccan

Word by Word

وَقَوْمَwaqawmaAnd (the) people
نُوحٍۢnūḥin(of) Nuh
لَّمَّاlammāwhen
كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūthey denied
ٱلرُّسُلَl-rusulathe Messengers
أَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْaghraqnāhumWe drowned them
وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْwajaʿalnāhumand We made them
لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor mankind
ءَايَةًۭۖāyatana sign
وَأَعْتَدْنَاwa-aʿtadnāAnd We have prepared
لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَlilẓẓālimīnafor the wrongdoers
عَذَابًاʿadhābana punishment
أَلِيمًۭاalīmanpainful