Al-Qur'an Surah Ash-Shu'ara Verse 139

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Thus they rejected him, so We destroyed them. Surely, in this there is a sign, but most of them are not believers,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

So they rejected him, and ˹so˺ We destroyed them. Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.

Ruwwad Translation Center

Thus they rejected him, so We destroyed them. Indeed, there is a sign in this, yet most of them would not believe,

A. J. Arberry

So they cried him lies; then We destroyed them. Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers.

Abdul Haleem

They denounced him as a liar, and so We destroyed them. There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And they belied him; so We destroyed them. Verily herein is a sign, yet most of them are not believers.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

So they rejected him, and We destroyed them. Verily in this is a Sign; but most of them do not believe.

Abul Ala Maududi

Eventually they gave the lie to him and We destroyed them. Surely there is a Sign in this, but most of them would not believe.

Ahmed Ali

Then they accused him of lies; so We annihilated them. Verily there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.

Ahmed Raza Khan

In response they denied him – We therefore destroyed them; indeed in this is a sign; and most of them were not believers.

Ali Quli Qarai

So they impugned him, whereupon We destroyed them. There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.

Ali Ünal

So they denied him and, in consequence, We destroyed them. Surely in that (which took place between Hud and his people) there is a sign (a great, important lesson). Most of them were not believers.

Amatul Rahman Omar

Thus they cried him lies and We destroyed them. There is indeed, a remarkable sign in this (episode), yet most of them would not be believers.

English Literal

So they denied him , so We made them die/destroyed them, that truly in that (is) an evidence/sign (E), and most of them were not believing.

Faridul Haque

In response they denied him - We therefore destroyed them; indeed in this is a sign; and most of them were not believers.

Hamid S. Aziz

"For we are not the ones to be doomed (or tormented)."

Hilali & Khan

So they belied him, and We destroyed them. Verily! In this is indeed a sign, yet most of them are not believers.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

This is naught but a fabrication of the ancients:

Mohammad Habib Shakir

So they gave him the lie, then We destroyed them. Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And they denied him; therefor We destroyed them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

Muhammad Sarwar

In this there is evidence (of the Truth), yet most of them do not have any faith.

Qaribullah & Darwish

So they belied him, so We destroyed them. Surely, in that there is a sign; yet most of them do not believe.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

So they denied him, and We destroyed them. Verily, in this is indeed a sign, yet most of them are not believers.

Wahiduddin Khan

So they rejected him; and We destroyed them. There is certainly a sign in that; but most of them would not believe.

Talal Itani

So they denied him, and We destroyed them. Surely in this is a sign, but most of them are not believers.

Tafsir jalalayn

So they denied him, concerning the chastisement, whereupon We destroyed them, in this world with the [barren] wind [cf. Q. 51;41]. Surely in that there is a sign; but most of them are not believers.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ