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Surah Al-Furqaan (25) — Ayah 37

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وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ لَّمَّا كَذَّبُوا۟ ٱلرُّسُلَ أَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ لِلنَّاسِ ءَايَةً ۖ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا ﴿37﴾
And Nûh’s (Noah) people, when they denied the Messengers, We drowned them, and We made them as a sign for mankind. And We have prepared a painful torment for the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers).
وَقَوْمَ waqawma And (the) people
نُوحٍۢ nūḥin (of) Nuh
لَّمَّا lammā when
كَذَّبُوا۟ kadhabū they denied
ٱلرُّسُلَ l-rusula the Messengers
أَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْ aghraqnāhum We drowned them
وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ wajaʿalnāhum and We made them
لِلنَّاسِ lilnnāsi for mankind
ءَايَةًۭ ۖ āyatan a sign
وَأَعْتَدْنَا wa-aʿtadnā And We have prepared
لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ lilẓẓālimīna for the wrongdoers
عَذَابًا ʿadhāban a punishment
أَلِيمًۭا alīman painful

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(Ayah 37){ وَ قَوْمَ نُوْحٍ لَّمَّا كَذَّبُوا الرُّسُلَ …:} Only Nuh (peace be upon him) was sent to this nation, whereas Allah Almighty has said that they denied the messengers. The reason for this is that to deny one prophet is to deny all, because the message of all the prophets is the same. For details of their denial and drowning, see Surah Hud (25 to 49).

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37. And when the people of Noah denied the messengers [48], We drowned them and made them a sign [49] for all people. And We have prepared a painful punishment for the wrongdoers.

[48] From this it is understood that messengers had come to the people of Noah even before Prophet Noah ؑ, whose names are not mentioned in the Quran, or it could also mean that since the teachings of all prophets regarding the fundamentals of religion have been the same, therefore, by denying one messenger, it is as if all the other messengers have also been denied.
[49] A sign in the sense that the progeny of these wrongdoers was completely wiped out from the face of the earth. After the flood of Noah, the progeny of Adam ؑ continued only through those who were aboard the ark with Prophet Noah ؑ, and according to some, the future generations came from the three sons of Prophet Noah ؑ: Ham, Shem, and Japheth.