سُوْرَةُ قٓ
Surah Qaaf (50) — Ayah 14
وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ ۚ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ ﴿14﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And the Dwellers of the Wood, and the people of Tubba‘. Everyone of them denied (their) Messengers, so My Threat took effect.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَأَصْحَـٰبُ
wa-aṣḥābu
And (the) companions
ٱلْأَيْكَةِ
l-aykati
(of) the wood
وَقَوْمُ
waqawmu
and (the) people
تُبَّعٍۢ ۚ
tubbaʿin
(of) Tubba
كُلٌّۭ
kullun
All
كَذَّبَ
kadhaba
denied
ٱلرُّسُلَ
l-rusula
the Messengers
فَحَقَّ
faḥaqqa
so was fulfilled
وَعِيدِ
waʿīdi
My Threat
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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And the dwellers of the forest and the people of Tubba‘ [14]—each denied the messengers [15], so My warning of punishment [16] was fulfilled against them.
[14] The stories of all these nations have already passed in Surah Al-A'raf, Yunus, Hud, Hijr, Furqan, and Dukhan, and the details have come in the footnotes. They may be referred to there.
[15] It may also mean that each of these nations denied their own messenger, and it may also mean that every nation denied all the messengers, because they were deniers of the very concept of messengership. That is, according to their belief, no human could ever come as a messenger. And it may also mean that denying their own messenger was considered equivalent to denying all the messengers, because the fundamental teachings of all messengers are the same. And denying the messengers means denying the teachings of the messenger.
[16]
The Fate of the Nations Who Denied the Hereafter:
A fundamental part of the basic teachings of all messengers has been faith in the Hereafter. And the nations mentioned above—all of them were deniers of the Hereafter, or of being resurrected after death, and of being presented before Allah, and of the belief in being held accountable. The inevitable result of denying the Hereafter is that it leads both individuals and nations onto the paths of mischief and corruption. This is because such people have no fear of being held accountable. Then, when a messenger comes and warns them of their evil end, they have become so rebellious and bold in their sins that they do not accept to return to the right path in any way. On the contrary, they begin to deny and hurt the messengers, and continue to advance in rebellion and disobedience until they are seized as a consequence of their deeds, and their name and trace are wiped from the face of existence.
[14] The stories of all these nations have already passed in Surah Al-A'raf, Yunus, Hud, Hijr, Furqan, and Dukhan, and the details have come in the footnotes. They may be referred to there.
[15] It may also mean that each of these nations denied their own messenger, and it may also mean that every nation denied all the messengers, because they were deniers of the very concept of messengership. That is, according to their belief, no human could ever come as a messenger. And it may also mean that denying their own messenger was considered equivalent to denying all the messengers, because the fundamental teachings of all messengers are the same. And denying the messengers means denying the teachings of the messenger.
[16]
The Fate of the Nations Who Denied the Hereafter:
A fundamental part of the basic teachings of all messengers has been faith in the Hereafter. And the nations mentioned above—all of them were deniers of the Hereafter, or of being resurrected after death, and of being presented before Allah, and of the belief in being held accountable. The inevitable result of denying the Hereafter is that it leads both individuals and nations onto the paths of mischief and corruption. This is because such people have no fear of being held accountable. Then, when a messenger comes and warns them of their evil end, they have become so rebellious and bold in their sins that they do not accept to return to the right path in any way. On the contrary, they begin to deny and hurt the messengers, and continue to advance in rebellion and disobedience until they are seized as a consequence of their deeds, and their name and trace are wiped from the face of existence.
