سُوْرَةُ الْحَجِّ

Surah Al-Hajj (22) — Ayah 42

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وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَثَمُودُ ﴿42﴾
And if they belie you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), so did belie before them, the people of Nûh (Noah), ‘Âd and Thamûd, (their Prophets).
وَإِن wa-in And if
يُكَذِّبُوكَ yukadhibūka they deny you
فَقَدْ faqad so verily
كَذَّبَتْ kadhabat denied
قَبْلَهُمْ qablahum before them
قَوْمُ qawmu (the) people
نُوحٍۢ nūḥin (of) Nuh
وَعَادٌۭ waʿādun and Aad
وَثَمُودُ wathamūdu and Thamud

Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.

The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.