Surah Al-Furqan, Ayah 38 (25:38)

ٱلْفُرْقَان

وَعَادًا وَثَمُودَا۟ وَأَصْحَٰبَ ٱلرَّسِّ وَقُرُونًۢا بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ كَثِيرًا

Quran 25:38 is ayah 38 of Surah Al-Furqan (“The Criterion”), a Meccan surah of 77 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 363 of the Madani Mushaf.

25:38
وَعَادًاوَثَمُودَا۟وَأَصْحَٰبَٱلرَّسِّوَقُرُونًۢابَيْنَذَٰلِكَكَثِيرًا٣٨
waʿādan wathamūdā wa-aṣḥāba l-rasi waqurūnan bayna dhālika kathīran

And [We destroyed] ʿAad and Thamūd and the companions of the well and many generations between them.(38)

Word by word

  1. وَعَادًاwaʿādanAnd Ad
  2. وَثَمُودَا۟wathamūdāand Thamud
  3. وَأَصْحَٰبَwa-aṣḥābaand (the) dwellers
  4. ٱلرَّسِّl-rasi(of) Ar-rass
  5. وَقُرُونًۢاwaqurūnanand generations
  6. بَيْنَbaynabetween
  7. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  8. كَثِيرًاkathīranmany

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