Surah Sad
Quran 38:12
Read Quran 38:12 from Surah Sad (The Letter Saad) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 38:12
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو الْأَوْتَادِ١٢
The folk of Noah before them denied (their messenger) and (so did the tribe of) A'ad, and Pharaoh firmly planted,
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 38. Sad (The Letter Saad)
- Ayah
- 12 of 88
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 38:12
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 38:12
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
يحذرهم تعالى أن يفعل بهم ما فعل بالأمم من قبلهم، الذين كانوا أعظم قوة منهم وتحزبا على الباطل، { قَوْم نُوحٍ وَعَاد } قوم هود { وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو الْأَوْتَادِ } أى: الجنود العظيمة، والقوة الهائلة.