Surah Al-Hajj 22:42 — translation and meaning

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وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَثَمُودُ

Word by Word

وَإِن
wa-in
And if
يُكَذِّبُوكَ
yukadhibuka
they deny you
فَقَدْ
faqad
so verily
كَذَّبَتْ
kadhabat
denied
قَبْلَهُمْ
qablahum
before them
قَوْمُ
qawmu
(the) people
نُوحٍ
nuhin
(of) Nuh
وَعَادٌ
wa'adun
and Aad
وَثَمُودُ
wathamudu
and Thamud

Transliteration

Wa iny yukazzibooka faqad kazzabat qablahum qawmu Nooinw wa Aadunw wa Samood

Translation

And if they deny you, [O Muhammad] - so, before them, did the people of Noah and 'Aad and Thamud deny [their prophets],

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

O Messenger, if your people reject you, be patient. You are not the first messenger to be rejected by his people. Before your people, the people of Noah rejected Noah, Aad rejected Hud and Thamud rejected Salih.

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

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"And if they deny you, [O Muhammad] - so, before them, did the pe…" — Al-Hajj 22:42