Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Ayah 46 (51:46)

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وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَٰسِقِينَ

Quran 51:46 is ayah 46 of Surah Adh-Dhariyat (“The Winnowing Winds”), a Meccan surah of 60 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 522 of the Madani Mushaf.

51:46
وَقَوْمَنُوحٍمِّنقَبْلُ ۖإِنَّهُمْكَانُوا۟قَوْمًافَٰسِقِينَ٤٦
waqawma nūḥin min qablu innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīna

And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.(46)

Word by word

  1. وَقَوْمَwaqawmaAnd (the) people
  2. نُوحٍnūḥin(of) Nuh
  3. مِّنminbefore
  4. قَبْلُ ۖqablubefore
  5. إِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed, they
  6. كَانُوا۟kānūwere
  7. قَوْمًاqawmana people
  8. فَٰسِقِينَfāsiqīnadefiantly disobedient

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