Surah Al-Anbiya 21:77 — translation and meaning

الأنبياء · Verse 77 / 112 · Page 328

ۚ وَنَصَرْنَاهُ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْمَ سَوْءٍ فَأَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

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ۚ
وَنَصَرْنَاهُ
wanasarnahu
And We helped him
مِنَ
mina
from
الْقَوْمِ
al-qawmi
the people
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
who
كَذَّبُوا
kadhabu
denied
بِآيَاتِنَا
biayatina
Our Signs
إِنَّهُمْ
innahum
Indeed they
كَانُوا
kanu
were
قَوْمَ
qawma
a people
سَوْءٍ
sawin
evil
فَأَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ
fa-aghraqnahum
so We drowned them
أَجْمَعِينَ
ajma'ina
all

Transliteration

Wa nasarnaahu minal qawmil lazeena kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa; innahum kkaanoo qawma saw'in fa-aghraq naahum ajma'een

Translation

And We saved him from the people who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a people of evil, so We drowned them, all together.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

I saved him from the evil plot of those of his people who rejected the signs that I supported him with; those signs that pointed to his truthfulness. Indeed, they were evil, corrupt people, and so I destroyed them all by drowning them.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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