سورة الدّخان
Surah Al-Dukhân 44:37
The Draught · Verse 37 of 59
أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَالَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مُجْرِمِينَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
Are they superior to the people of (Yemanite King) Tubba`, and to those (who flourished) even before them? We destroyed them (all) because they were certainly guilty.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
What! Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who were before them? We destroyed them because they were guilty of sin.
Ahmed Ali
Are they better than the people of Tubba, and those who had lived before them, whom We destroyed as they were sinners?
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Ali Unal
What? Are they better (in wealth and power), or were the people of Tubba‘ and the others (that We destroyed) before them? We destroyed them, for they were disbelieving criminals committed to accumulating sins.
Daryabadi
Are they better Or the people of Tubba and those afore them? We destroyed them; verily they were culprits.
Faridul Haque
Are they better, or the people of Tubba? And those who were before them? We destroyed them; they were indeed criminals.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Are they better or the people of Tubbaí, and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.
Maulvi Sher Ali
Are they better or the people of Tubba and those before them? WE destroyed them because they were sinful.
Muhammad Asad
Are they, then, better than the people of Tubba', and those before them, whom We destroyed because they were truly lost in [the same) sin?
Muhammad Musin Khan
Are they better or the people of Tubba' and those before them? We destroyed them because they were indeed Mujrimun (disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, criminals, etc.).
Muhammad Pickthall
Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.
Muhammad Sarwar
Are they better than the tribe of Tubba (name of a Yemenite tribal chief) and those who lived before them? We destroyed them. They were criminals.
Muhammed ali Shakir
Are they better or the people of Tubba and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.
Rashad Khalifa
Are they better than the people of Tubba` and others before them? We annihilated them for their crimes.
Shabbir Ahmed
Are they, then, by any means better than the people of Tubba’ and those before them? We annihilated them for their violation of human rights. (50:14)
Commentary 44:37Tubba‘تُبَّعٍ was the royal title of the kings of the united empire of Himyar, Hadharamaut and Sabâ in the south of Arabia. It is said that the king…
أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَالَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مُجْرِمِينَ
44:37Tubba‘تُبَّعٍ was the royal title of the kings of the united empire of Himyar, Hadharamaut and Sabâ in the south of Arabia. It is said that the king referred to was a believer. He reigned seven hundred years before the time of the Holy Prophet (pbuh). According to Ibn ‘Abbâs he was a Prophet of Allâh (Tafsîr Kabîr by Ibn ‘Abbâs).