سورة العَنکبوت

Surah Al-‘Ankabût 29:14

The Spider · Verse 14 of 69

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ فَلَبِثَ فِيهِمْ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمْسِينَ عَامًا فَأَخَذَهُمُ الطُّوفَانُ وَهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And we indeed sent Noah to his people and he (- his teachings) stayed among them for (as long as) a thousand years short of fifty years (- nine hundred and fifty years). While his people were steeped in wrongdoings they were caught in the Deluge.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

We (once) sent Noah to his people, and he tarried among them a thousand years less fifty: but the Deluge overwhelmed them while they (persisted in) sin.

Ahmed Ali

We sent Noah to his people, and he lived with them a thousand years minus fifty. Then they were caught by the deluge for they were evil.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

Indeed, We sent Noah to his people (as Messenger), and he remained among them a thousand years save fifty years, and in the end the Flood overtook them as they were wrongdoers (who persisted in associating partners with God and committing grave injustices).

Daryabadi

And assuredly We sent Nuh unto his people.Then he tarried among them for a thousand years, save tifty years; and then deluge overtook them, while they were wrong-doers.

Faridul Haque

And indeed We sent Nooh to his people - he therefore stayed with them for a thousand years, less fifty; so the flood seized them, and they were unjust.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And We indeed sent Noah to his people, so he remained among them a thousand years save fifty years. And the deluge overtook them, and they were wrongdoers.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And WE, certainly, sent Noah to his people, and he remained among them a thousand years, short of fifty years. Then the deluge overtook them, while they were wrongdoers.

Muhammad Asad

AND, INDEED, [in times long past] We sent forth Noah unto his people, and he dwelt among them a thousand years bar fifty; and then the floods overwhelmed them while they were still lost in evildoing:

Muhammad Musin Khan

And indeed We sent Nuh (Noah) to his people, and he stayed among them a thousand years less fifty years [inviting them to believe in the Oneness of Allah (Monotheism), and discard the false gods and other deities], and the Deluge overtook them while they were Zalimun (wrong- doers, polytheists, disbelievers, etc.).

Muhammad Pickthall

And verily we sent Noah (as Our messenger) unto his folk, and he continued with them for a thousand years save fifty years; and the flood engulfed them, for they were wrong-doers.

Muhammad Sarwar

We sent Noah to his people and he lived with them for nine hundred and fifty years, then the flood engulfed them for their injustice.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And certainly We sent Nuh to his people, so he remained among them a thousand years save fifty years. And the deluge overtook them, while they were unjust.

Rashad Khalifa

We sent Noah to his people, and he stayed with them one thousand years, less fifty. Subsequently, they incurred the flood because of their transgressions.

Shabbir Ahmed

We sent Noah to his people and he lived among them a thousand years less fifty (his influence lasted 950 years.) The flood overwhelmed them, for they were violators of human rights.

Commentary 29:14 The age of a reformer stands for the length of his dispensation and teaching. Therefore, the period 950 years is not the span of Noah’s personal physical…

29:14 The age of a reformer stands for the length of his dispensation and teaching. Therefore, the period 950 years is not the span of Noah’s personal physical life (cf. 21:8 or 21:34). In describing the limit of Noah’s age two words are used here—Sanah سَنَةٍ and ‘Âmâ عَامًا. The root of the former word gives a sense of badness, while the latter carries sense of goodness. It shows that the first fifty years of Noah’s dispensation were years of all-around spiritual progress and regeneration, and that after that period moral degeneration set in. Sanatin سَنَةٍ, which has been translated as “year,” is used also for seasons, i.e., one quarter of a year (Tâj; Lisân).