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Surah Fussilat (41) — Ayah 15
فَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَقَالُوا۟ مَنْ أَشَدُّ مِنَّا قُوَّةً ۖ أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَهُمْ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً ۖ وَكَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ ﴿15﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
As for ‘Âd, they were arrogant in the land without right, and they said: "Who is mightier than us in strength?" See they not that Allâh, Who created them was mightier in strength than them. And they used to deny Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, revelations, etc.)!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَأَمَّا
fa-ammā
Then as for
عَادٌۭ
ʿādun
Aad
فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟
fa-is'takbarū
they were arrogant
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the land
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
without
ٱلْحَقِّ
l-ḥaqi
[the] right
وَقَالُوا۟
waqālū
and they said
مَنْ
man
Who
أَشَدُّ
ashaddu
(is) mightier
مِنَّا
minnā
than us
قُوَّةً ۖ
quwwatan
(in) strength
أَوَلَمْ
awalam
Do not
يَرَوْا۟
yaraw
they see
أَنَّ
anna
that
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
the One Who
خَلَقَهُمْ
khalaqahum
created them
هُوَ
huwa
He
أَشَدُّ
ashaddu
(is) Mightier
مِنْهُمْ
min'hum
than them
قُوَّةًۭ ۖ
quwwatan
(in) strength
وَكَانُوا۟
wakānū
But they used to
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
biāyātinā
in Our Signs
يَجْحَدُونَ
yajḥadūna
deny
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.
15. 1. By this phrase, their intention was that they were capable of averting the punishment because they were tall in stature and extremely powerful. They said this when their prophet, Hud (عليه السلام), warned and admonished them about the punishment of Allah.
15. 1. That is, are they even more powerful than the One Who created them and endowed them with strength and power? Has His own strength and power ended after creating them? This question is for rejection and rebuke.
15. 2. Those miracles which We had given to the prophets, or those proofs which were revealed with the messengers, or those signs in the universe which are spread and scattered throughout creation.
15. 1. That is, are they even more powerful than the One Who created them and endowed them with strength and power? Has His own strength and power ended after creating them? This question is for rejection and rebuke.
15. 2. Those miracles which We had given to the prophets, or those proofs which were revealed with the messengers, or those signs in the universe which are spread and scattered throughout creation.
