سُوْرَةُ النَّجْمِ

Surah An-Najm (53) — Ayah 52

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وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ ﴿52﴾
And the people of Nûh (Noah) aforetime. Verily, they were more unjust and more rebellious and transgressing [in disobeying Allâh and His Messenger Nûh (Noah) عليه السلام].
وَقَوْمَ waqawma And (the) people
نُوحٍۢ nūḥin (of) Nuh
مِّن min before
قَبْلُ ۖ qablu before
إِنَّهُمْ innahum Indeed, they
كَانُوا۟ kānū they were
هُمْ hum they were
أَظْلَمَ aẓlama more unjust
وَأَطْغَىٰ wa-aṭghā and more rebellious

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(Ayah 52) ➊ {وَ قَوْمَ نُوْحٍ مِّنْ قَبْلُ:} Here, the mention of ‘Ad and Thamud before the people of Nuh is because these people lived in Arabia and the Quraysh knew them well.
{ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا هُمْ اَظْلَمَ وَ اَطْغٰى:} The pronoun {’’ هُمْ ‘‘} gives the meaning of exclusivity. The people of Nuh are considered the greatest in oppression and rebellion because there has never been any other nation whose prophet advised them for nine hundred and fifty years, and yet they persisted in their rebellion.

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The explanation of this verse has been given along with the previous verse.

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52. And before them, the people of Noah were destroyed, for they were truly the most unjust and rebellious [35].

[35] The first 'Ad, to whom our master Hud was sent, and the second 'Ad or the people of Thamud, to whom our master Salihؑ was sent, and the people of Pharaoh—all these people were deniers of the Hereafter, arrogant, those who caused harm and suffering to their messengers, rebels against Allah, and mischief-makers. Allah Almighty destroyed them all.