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Surah Furqan Ayat 37 in Arabic Text

وَقَوۡمَ نُوحٖ لَّمَّا كَذَّبُواْ ٱلرُّسُلَ أَغۡرَقۡنَٰهُمۡ وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ لِلنَّاسِ ءَايَةٗۖ وَأَعۡتَدۡنَا لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمٗا
Wa qawma Noohin lammaa kazzabur Rusula aghraqnaahum wa ja’alnaahum linnaasi Aayatanw wa a’tadnaa lizzaalimeena ‘azaaban aleemaa

English Translation

Here you can read various translations of verse 37

Sahih International
And the people of Noah – when they denied the messengers, We drowned them, and We made them for mankind a sign. And We have prepared for the wrongdoers a painful punishment.

Yusuf Ali
And the people of Noah,- when they rejected the messengers, We drowned them, and We made them as a Sign for mankind; and We have prepared for (all) wrong-doers a grievous Penalty;-

Abul Ala Maududi
The same was the case with the people of Noah when they charged the Messenger with imposture: We drowned them and made them a sign of warning for entire mankind, and We have prepared a painful chastisement for the unjust.

Muhsin Khan
And Nuh’s (Noah) people, when they denied the Messengers We drowned them, and We made them as a sign for mankind. And We have prepared a painful torment for the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc).

Pickthall
And Noah’s folk, when they denied the messengers, We drowned them and made of them a portent for mankind. We have prepared a painful doom for evil-doers.

Dr. Ghali
And the people of N‍ûh, (Noah) as soon as they cried lies to the Messengers, We drowned them, and We made them to be a sign to mankind; and We have readied for the unjust a painful torment.

Abdel Haleem
The people of Noah, too: when they rejected their messengers, We drowned them and made them an example to all people. We have prepared a painful torment for the evildoers,

Muhammad Junagarhi
اور قوم نوح نے بھی جب رسولوں کو جھوٹا کہا تو ہم نے انہیں غرق کردیا اور لوگوں کے لیے انہیں نشان عبرت بنا دیا۔ اور ہم نے ﻇالموں کے لیے دردناک عذاب مہیا کر رکھا ہے

Quran 25 Verse 37 Explanation

For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Furqan ayat 37, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.

Ala-Maududi

(25:37) (The same happened with) the people of Noah: when they gave the lie to the Messengers[50] We drowned them and made of them a Sign of warning for all mankind. We have kept ready a painful chastisement for the wrong-doers[51].


50. They did not charge only Prophet Noah (peace be upon him) with imposture because he was a man, but, in fact, charged all the Prophets with imposture because they were all human beings.

51. That is, a painful chastisement in the Hereafter.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Furqan verse 37 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Furqan ayat 35 which provides the complete commentary from verse 35 through 40.

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