سُوْرَةُ الْفُرْقَانِ

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

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.