Surah Nuh 71:1 — translation and meaning

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إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَى قَوْمِهِ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Word by Word

إِنَّا
inna
Indeed, We
أَرْسَلْنَا
arsalna
[We] sent
نُوحًا
nuhan
Nuh
إِلَى
ila
to
قَوْمِهِ
qawmihi
his people
أَنْ
an
that
أَنذِرْ
andhir
Warn
قَوْمَكَ
qawmaka
your people
مِن
min
from
قَبْلِ
qabli
before
أَن
an
[that]
يَأْتِيَهُمْ
yatiyahum
comes to them
عَذَابٌ
adhabun
a punishment
أَلِيمٌ
alimun
painful

Transliteration

Innaaa arsalnaa Noohan ilaa qawmihee an anzir qawmaka min qabli any yaatiyahum 'azaabun aleem

Translation

Indeed, We sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful punishment."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Indeed, I sent Noah to his people, inviting them so that he may warn them before a painful punishment afflicts them due to their state of ascribing partners to Allah.

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

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