سُوْرَةُ الْقَمَرِ
Surah Al-Qamar (54) — Ayah 9
۞ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌ وَٱزْدُجِرَ ﴿9﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
The people of Nûh (Noah) denied (their Messenger) before them. They rejected Our slave, and said: "A madman!" and he was insolently rebuked and threatened.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
۞ كَذَّبَتْ
kadhabat
Denied
قَبْلَهُمْ
qablahum
before them
قَوْمُ
qawmu
(the) people
نُوحٍۢ
nūḥin
(of) Nuh
فَكَذَّبُوا۟
fakadhabū
and they denied
عَبْدَنَا
ʿabdanā
Our slave
وَقَالُوا۟
waqālū
and said
مَجْنُونٌۭ
majnūnun
A madman
وَٱزْدُجِرَ
wa-uz'dujira
and he was repelled
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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9. Before them, the people of Noah denied. They denied Our servant and said, "He is mad," and he was rebuked [10].
[10]
Mention of Sayyiduna Nuh and His People:
They called him mad because he not only taught against the ancestral beliefs of the majority of his people, but also stood up against them. In their view, the fact that he and his few companions stood against the entire nation was itself madness. Sometimes they threatened to stone him, sometimes to kill him, and sometimes they simply scolded him for not giving up this mission.
[10]
Mention of Sayyiduna Nuh and His People:
They called him mad because he not only taught against the ancestral beliefs of the majority of his people, but also stood up against them. In their view, the fact that he and his few companions stood against the entire nation was itself madness. Sometimes they threatened to stone him, sometimes to kill him, and sometimes they simply scolded him for not giving up this mission.
