سُوْرَةُ الْعَنْكَبُوْتِ
Surah Al-Ankaboot (29) — Ayah 14
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِيهِمْ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمْسِينَ عَامًا فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلطُّوفَانُ وَهُمْ ظَـٰلِمُونَ ﴿14﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And indeed We sent Nûh (Noah) to his people, and he stayed among them a thousand years less fifty years [inviting them to believe in the Oneness of Allâh (Monotheism), and discard the false gods and other deities]; and the Deluge overtook them while they were Zâlimûn (wrong-doers, polytheists, disbelievers).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And verily
أَرْسَلْنَا
arsalnā
We sent
نُوحًا
nūḥan
Nuh
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
قَوْمِهِۦ
qawmihi
his people
فَلَبِثَ
falabitha
and he remained
فِيهِمْ
fīhim
among them
أَلْفَ
alfa
a thousand
سَنَةٍ
sanatin
year(s)
إِلَّا
illā
save
خَمْسِينَ
khamsīna
fifty
عَامًۭا
ʿāman
year(s)
فَأَخَذَهُمُ
fa-akhadhahumu
then seized them
ٱلطُّوفَانُ
l-ṭūfānu
the flood
وَهُمْ
wahum
while they
ظَـٰلِمُونَ
ẓālimūna
(were) wrongdoers
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14. And We sent Noah to his people, and he remained among them for a thousand years less fifty [24]. Then the flood seized them while they were wrongdoers.
[24]
Mention of Noah (peace be upon him):
In the previous verses, the disbelievers who were addressed and opposed to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the Prophetic era were being mentioned. Now, the mention of some other prophets and their opponents is coming, and the narration of such events is beginning with Prophet Noah (peace be upon him). Prophet Noah (peace be upon him) was granted prophethood at the age of forty. He preached to his people for nine hundred and fifty years, and after the flood of Noah, he lived for sixty more years. In this way, his total age becomes one thousand and fifty years, and he spent most of his life in advising his people and debating with them. Those people were, as it were, even more wretched than the disbelievers of Makkah. They troubled Prophet Noah (peace be upon him) so much and made his life so difficult that Noah (peace be upon him), being fed up and extremely disappointed with them, prayed to Allah against them, saying: O Allah, send such destruction upon them that not a single household among them remains alive. Thus, Allah destroyed that nation through the flood. And this incident has already been mentioned in detail at several places before.
[24]
Mention of Noah (peace be upon him):
In the previous verses, the disbelievers who were addressed and opposed to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the Prophetic era were being mentioned. Now, the mention of some other prophets and their opponents is coming, and the narration of such events is beginning with Prophet Noah (peace be upon him). Prophet Noah (peace be upon him) was granted prophethood at the age of forty. He preached to his people for nine hundred and fifty years, and after the flood of Noah, he lived for sixty more years. In this way, his total age becomes one thousand and fifty years, and he spent most of his life in advising his people and debating with them. Those people were, as it were, even more wretched than the disbelievers of Makkah. They troubled Prophet Noah (peace be upon him) so much and made his life so difficult that Noah (peace be upon him), being fed up and extremely disappointed with them, prayed to Allah against them, saying: O Allah, send such destruction upon them that not a single household among them remains alive. Thus, Allah destroyed that nation through the flood. And this incident has already been mentioned in detail at several places before.
