Surah Sad (ص) • The Letter "Saad"

Quran 38:12

38:12

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

kadhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin waʿādun wafir'ʿawnu dhū l-awtādi

The people of Noah denied before them, and [the tribe of] ʿAad and Pharaoh, the owner of stakes,

— Saheeh International

The people of Noah, Ad, and firmly-supported Pharaoh rejected their prophets before them.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Before them (were many who) belied (Messengers) - the people of Nûh (Noah); and ‘Âd; and Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) the man of stakes (with which he used to punish the people),

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

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Word by Word

كَذَّبَتْkadhabatDenied
قَبْلَهُمْqablahumbefore them
قَوْمُqawmu(the) people
نُوحٍۢnūḥin(of) Nuh
وَعَادٌۭwaʿādunand Aad
وَفِرْعَوْنُwafir'ʿawnuand Firaun
ذُوdhū(the) owner
ٱلْأَوْتَادِl-awtādi(of) the stakes