Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:70

9:70

أَلَمْ يَأْتِهِمْ نَبَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَعَادٍ وَثَمُودَ وَقَوْمِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَأَصْحَـٰبِ مَدْيَنَ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتِ ۚ أَتَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ ۖ فَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

alam yatihim naba-u alladhīna min qablihim qawmi nūḥin waʿādin wathamūda waqawmi ib'rāhīma wa-aṣḥābi madyana wal-mu'tafikāti atathum rusuluhum bil-bayināti famā kāna l-lahu liyaẓlimahum walākin kānū anfusahum yaẓlimūna

Has there not reached them the news of those before them - the people of Noah and [the tribes of] ʿAad and Thamūd and the people of Abraham and the companions [i.e., dwellers] of Madyan and the towns overturned? Their messengers came to them with clear proofs. And Allāh would never have wronged them, but they were wronging themselves.

— Saheeh International

Have they never heard the stories about their predecessors, the peoples of Noah, Ad, Thamud, Abraham, Midian, and the ruined cities? Their messengers came to them with clear evidence of the truth: God would not deceive them; they deceived themselves.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Has not the story reached them of those before them? - The people of Nûh (Noah), ‘Âd, and Thamûd, the people of Ibrâhîm (Abraham), the dwellers of Madyan (Midian) and the cities overthrown [i.e. the people to whom Lût (Lot) preached]; to them came their Messengers with clear proofs. So it was not Allâh Who wronged them, but they used to wrong themselves.

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

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Word by Word

أَلَمْalamHas not
يَأْتِهِمْyatihimcome to them
نَبَأُnaba-u(the) news
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
مِنmin(were) before them
قَبْلِهِمْqablihim(were) before them
قَوْمِqawmi(the) people
نُوحٍۢnūḥin(of) Nuh
وَعَادٍۢwaʿādinand Aad
وَثَمُودَwathamūdaand Thamud
وَقَوْمِwaqawmiand (the) people
إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma(of) Ibrahim
وَأَصْحَـٰبِwa-aṣḥābiand (the) companions
مَدْيَنَmadyana(of) Madyan
وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتِۚwal-mu'tafikātiand the towns overturned
أَتَتْهُمْatathumCame to them
رُسُلُهُمrusuluhumtheir Messengers
بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِۖbil-bayinātiwith clear proofs
فَمَاfamāAnd not
كَانَkānawas
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
لِيَظْلِمَهُمْliyaẓlimahumto wrong them
وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey were (to)
أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūnadoing wrong