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Surah Mu’minun Ayat 31 in Arabic Text

ثُمَّ أَنشَأۡنَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ قَرۡنًا ءَاخَرِينَ
Summaa anshaana mim ba’dihim qarnan aakhareen

English Translation

Here you can read various translations of verse 31

Sahih International
Then We produced after them a generation of others.

Yusuf Ali
Then We raised after them another generation.

Abul Ala Maududi
Then, after them, We brought forth another generation;

Muhsin Khan
Then, after them, We created another generation.

Pickthall
Then, after them, We brought forth another generation;

Dr. Ghali
Thereafter even after them, We brought into being another generation.

Abdel Haleem
Then We raised another generation after them,

Muhammad Junagarhi
ان کے بعد ہم نے اور بھی امت پیدا کی

Quran 23 Verse 31 Explanation

For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Mu’minun ayat 31, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.

Ala-Maududi

(23:31) Then, after them, We brought forth another generation;[34]


34. The people of Aad, who were raised to power after the people of Noah. Refer to (Surah Al-Aaraf, Ayat 69).

Ibn-Kathir

31. Then, after them, We created another generation. 32. And We sent to them a Messenger from among themselves (saying): “Worship Allah! You have no other God but Him. Will you not then have Taqwa” 33. And the chiefs of his people who disbelieved and denied the meeting in the Hereafter, and whom We had given the luxuries and comforts of worldly life, said: “He is no more than a human being like you, he eats of that which you eat, and drinks of what you drink.” 34. “If you were to obey a human being like yourselves, then verily, you indeed would be losers.” 35. “Does he promise you that when you have died and have become dust and bones, you shall come out alive” 36. “Far, very far is that which you are promised!” 37. “There is nothing but our life of this world! We die and we live! And we are not going to be resurrected!” 38. “He is only a man who has invented a lie against Allah, and we are not going to believe in him.” 39. He said: “O my Lord! Help me because they deny me.” 40. (Allah) said: “In a little while, they are sure to be regretful.” 41. So, the Sayhah overtook them in truth, and We made them as rubbish of dead plants. So, away with the people who are wrongdoers.


The Story of `Ad or Thamud

Allah tells us that after the people of Nuh, He created another nation. It was said that this was `Ad, because they were the successors of the people of Nuh. Or it was said that they were Thamud, because Allah says:

﴿فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ بِالْحَقِّ﴾

(So, the Sayhah overtook them in truth.) Allah sent to them a Messenger from among themselves, and he called them to worship Allah Alone with no partner or associate, but they belied him, opposed him and refused to follow him because he was a human being like them, and they refused to follow a human Messenger. They did not believe in the meeting with Allah on the Day of Resurrection and they denied the idea of physical resurrection. They said:

﴿أَيَعِدُكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ إِذَا مِتٌّمْ وَكُنتُمْ تُرَاباً وَعِظـماً أَنَّكُمْ مُّخْرَجُونَ – هَيْهَاتَ هَيْهَاتَ لِمَا تُوعَدُونَ ﴾

(Does he promise you that when you have died and have become dust and bones, you shall come out alive (resurrected) Far, very far is that which you are promised!) meaning, very unlikely.

﴿إِنْ هُوَ إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ افتَرَى عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِباً﴾

(He is only a man who has invented a lie against Allah,) meaning, `in the Message he has brought to you, and his warnings and promise of resurrection.’

﴿وَمَا نَحْنُ لَهُ بِمُؤْمِنِينَقَالَ رَبِّ انصُرْنِى بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ ﴾

(and we are not going to believe in him. He said: “O my Lord! Help me because they deny me.”) meaning, the Messenger prayed against his people and asked his Lord to help him against them. His Lord answered his prayer:

﴿قَالَ عَمَّا قَلِيلٍ لَّيُصْبِحُنَّ نَـدِمِينَ ﴾

((Allah) said: “In a little while, they are sure to be regretful.”) meaning, `for their opposition towards you and their stubborn rejection of the Message you brought to them.’

﴿فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ بِالْحَقِّ﴾

(So, The Sayhah overtook them in truth,) meaning, they deserved that from Allah because of their disbelief and wrongdoing. The apparent meaning is that the Sayhah was combined with the furious cold wind,

﴿تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ بِأَمْرِ رَبِّهَا فَأْصْبَحُواْ لاَ يُرَى إِلاَّ مَسَـكِنُهُمْ﴾

(Destroying everything by the command of its Lord! So they became such that nothing could be seen except their dwellings!) ﴿46:25﴾

﴿فَجَعَلْنَـهُمْ غُثَآءً﴾

(and We made them as rubbish of dead plants.) means, they are dead and destroyed, like the scum and rubbish left by a flood, i.e., something insignificant and useless that is of no benefit to anyone.

﴿فَبُعْداً لِّلْقَوْمِ الظَّـلِمِينَ﴾

(So, away with the people who are wrongdoers.) As Allah’s statement:

﴿وَمَا ظَلَمْنَـهُمْ وَلَـكِن كَانُواْ هُمُ الظَّـلِمِينَ ﴾

(We wronged them not, but they were the wrongdoers.) ﴿43:76﴾ means, who are wrongdoers because of their disbelief and stubborn opposition to the Messenger of Allah, so let those who hear this beware of disbelieving in their Messengers.

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