سُوْرَةُ الشُّعَرَآءِ
Surah Ash-Shu'araa (26) — Ayah 139
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ﴿139﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
So they belied him, and We destroyed them. Verily in this is indeed a sign, yet most of them are not believers.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَكَذَّبُوهُ
fakadhabūhu
So they denied him
فَأَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۗ
fa-ahlaknāhum
then We destroyed them
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
فِى
fī
in
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
لَـَٔايَةًۭ ۖ
laāyatan
surely, is a sign
وَمَا
wamā
but not
كَانَ
kāna
are
أَكْثَرُهُم
aktharuhum
most of them
مُّؤْمِنِينَ
mu'minīna
believers
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
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.
1. The people of ‘Ad were the strongest and most powerful nation in the world, about whom Allah said (الَّتِيْ لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ) (89. Al-Fajr: 8) "No nation like them was ever created," meaning none matched them in strength, might, and power. That is why they used to say (مَنْ اَشَدُّ مِنَّا قُوَّةً) (41. Fussilat: 15) "Who is stronger than us in power?" But when this nation also did not abandon the path of disbelief to adopt faith and piety, Allah sent a punishment upon them in the form of a violent wind, which was imposed on them for a full seven nights and eight days. The fierce wind would come, lift a person high into the air, and then hurl him headfirst onto the ground with force. This would cause his skull to burst and break, and their headless corpses would lie on the ground as if they were hollow trunks of date palms. They had built large, strong buildings in the mountains, ravines, and caves. They had dug deep wells for drinking water, and there were many gardens. But when Allah’s punishment came, nothing benefited them, and they were wiped off the face of the earth.
