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Al-Ankabut (The Spider)

Verse 39of 69

وَقَٰرُونَ وَفِرْعَوْنَ وَهَٰمَٰنَ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مُّوسَىٰ بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ سَٰبِقِينَ﴿٣٩

Translation (Sahih International)

And [We destroyed] Qarun and Pharaoh and Haman. And Moses had already come to them with clear evidences, and they were arrogant in the land, but they were not outrunners [of Our punishment].

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَـٰرُونَwaqārūnaAnd Qarun
وَفِرْعَوْنَwafir'ʿawnaand Firaun
وَهَـٰمَـٰنَ ۖwahāmānaand Haman
وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
جَآءَهُمjāahumcame to them
مُّوسَىٰmūsāMusa
بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiwith clear evidences
فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟fa-is'takbarūbut they were arrogant
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
وَمَاwamāand not
كَانُوا۟kānūthey could
سَـٰبِقِينَsābiqīnaoutstrip Us

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Destruction of Nations Who rejected Their MessengersAllah tells us about these nations who disbelieved in their Messengers, and how He destroyed them and sent various kinds of punishments and vengeance upon them. `Ad, the people of Hud, peace be upon him, used to live in the Ahqaf (curved sand-hills), near Hadramawt, in the Yemen. Thamud, the people of Salih, lived in Al-Hijr, near Wadi Al-Qura. The Arabs used to know their dwelling place very well, and they often used to pass by it.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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