Surah Sad 38:12 — translation and meaning

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كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو الْأَوْتَادِ

Word by Word

كَذَّبَتْ
kadhabat
Denied
قَبْلَهُمْ
qablahum
before them
قَوْمُ
qawmu
(the) people
نُوحٍ
nuhin
(of) Nuh
وَعَادٌ
wa'adun
and Aad
وَفِرْعَوْنُ
wafir'awnu
and Firaun
ذُو
dhu
(the) owner
الْأَوْتَادِ
al-awtadi
(of) the stakes

Transliteration

Kazzabat qablahum qawmu Lootinw-wa 'Aadunw wa Fir'awnu zul awtaad

Translation

The people of Noah denied before them, and [the tribe of] 'Aad and Pharaoh, the owner of stakes,

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

These deniers are not the first to deny, because the people of Noah, Aad, and the powerful Pharaoh denied before them.

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

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