Surah Ad-Dukhan (الدخان) • The Smoke

Quran 44:37

44:37

أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ

ahum khayrun am qawmu tubbaʿin wa-alladhīna min qablihim ahlaknāhum innahum kānū muj'rimīna

Are they better or the people of Tubbaʿ and those before them? We destroyed them, [for] indeed, they were criminals.

— Saheeh International

Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who flourished before them? We destroyed them all- they were guilty.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Are they better or the people of Tubba‘ and those before them? We destroyed them because they were indeed Mujrimûn (disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, criminals).

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

Juz 25Page 497meccan

Word by Word

أَهُمْahumAre they
خَيْرٌkhayrunbetter
أَمْamor
قَوْمُqawmu(the) people
تُبَّعٍۢtubbaʿin(of) Tubba
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those
مِنminbefore them
قَبْلِهِمْۚqablihimbefore them
أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْۖahlaknāhumWe destroyed them
إِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed, they
كَانُوا۟kānūwere
مُجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīnacriminals