Surah Ghafir (غافر) • The Forgiver

Quran 40:31

40:31

مِثْلَ دَأْبِ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَعَادٍ وَثَمُودَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ ۚ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ ظُلْمًا لِّلْعِبَادِ

mith'la dabi qawmi nūḥin waʿādin wathamūda wa-alladhīna min baʿdihim wamā l-lahu yurīdu ẓul'man lil'ʿibādi

Like the custom of the people of Noah and of ʿAad and Thamūd and those after them. And Allāh wants no injustice for [His] servants.

— Saheeh International

the fate of the people of Noah, Ad, Thamud, and those who came after them- God never wills injustice on His creatures.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"Like the fate of the people of Nûh (Noah), and ‘Âd, and Thamûd and those who came after them. And Allâh wills no injustice for (His) slaves.

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

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Word by Word

مِثْلَmith'laLike
دَأْبِdabi(the) plight
قَوْمِqawmi(of the) people
نُوحٍۢnūḥin(of) Nuh
وَعَادٍۢwaʿādinand Aad
وَثَمُودَwathamūdaand Thamud
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those
مِنۢminafter them
بَعْدِهِمْۚbaʿdihimafter them
وَمَاwamāAnd Allah (does) not
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAnd Allah (does) not
يُرِيدُyurīduwant
ظُلْمًۭاẓul'maninjustice
لِّلْعِبَادِlil'ʿibādifor (His) slaves