Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Haqqah Verse 9

Mufti Taqi Usmani

And Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) and those before him and the overthrown towns came up with evil,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Also, Pharaoh and those before him, and ˹the people of˺ the overturned cities ˹of Lot˺ indulged in sin,

Ruwwad Translation Center

Also Pharaoh and those who came before him, and the overturned cities [of Lot] committed grave sin,

A. J. Arberry

Pharaoh likewise, and those before him, and the Subverted Cities -- they committed error,

Abdul Haleem

Pharaoh, too, and those before him, and the ruined cities: these people committed grave sins and disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with an ever-tightening grip.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And Fir'awn and those before him and the overturned cities committed sin.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.

Abul Ala Maududi

Pharaoh and those before him and the people of the overturned habitations all engaged in the same great sin.

Ahmed Ali

Then came the Pharaoh, and those before him whose habitations were overthrown while they were committing crimes.

Ahmed Raza Khan

And Firaun, and those before him, and the dwellings that were inverted and thrown, had brought error.

Ali Quli Qarai

Then Pharaoh and those who were before him, and the towns that were overturned, brought about iniquity.

Ali Ünal

And there was the Pharaoh, and many other communities before him, and the cities overthrown (where Lot’s people lived): all of them indulged in the unpardonable sins.

Amatul Rahman Omar

Pharaoh and his predecessors and (the inhabitants of) the overthrown cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah) persistently indulged in evil ways.

English Literal

And Pharaoh came, and who (is) before him, and the overturned/destroyed cities with the sin .

Faridul Haque

And Firaun, and those before him, and the dwellings that were inverted and thrown, had brought error.

Hamid S. Aziz

And Pharaoh and those before him and the overthrown cities (Sodom and Gomorrah) continuously committed sins.

Hilali & Khan

And Fir'aun (Pharaoh), and those before him, and the cities overthrown [the towns of the people of [Lout (Lot)] committed sin,

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Surely We carried you in the ship, when the water rose high,

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,

Muhammad Sarwar

The Pharaoh, those who lived before him and the people of the Subverted Cities all persisted in doing evil.

Qaribullah & Darwish

Similarly, Pharaoh, and those before him, and the ruined villages, sinned

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And Fir`awn, and those before him, and the cities overthrown committed Al-Khati'ah.

Wahiduddin Khan

Pharoah and those before him and the inhabitants of the overthrown cities persistently committed grave sins.

Talal Itani

Then Pharaoh came, and those before him, and the Overturned Cities steeped in sin.

Tafsir jalalayn

And Pharaoh and those of his followers (man qibalahu; a variant reading has man qablahu, that is to say, those disbelieving communities who came before him) and the Deviant [cities], that is, their inhabitants -- these being the cities of the people of Lot -- brought iniquity, [they committed] deeds that were iniquitous.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

وَجَاء فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُ

And Fir`awn and those before him committed (sin).

This has been recited with a Kasrah under the letter Qaf (in the word Qabalahu, as Qiblahu, which changes the meaning to those who were with him in his time, and they were his followers who were disbelieving Coptic people.

Others recited it with a Fathah over the letter Qaf (as the word Qablahu), which means those nations before him who were similar to him.

Concerning Allah's statement,

وَالْمُوْتَفِكَاتُ

the overthrown cities,

those nations that rejected their Messengers.

بِالْخَاطِيَةِ




committed Al-Khati'ah.
Al-Khati'ah means their rejection of what Allah revealed.

Ar-Rabi` said,
بِالْخَاطِيَةِ
(committed Al-Khati'ah).

"This means disobedience."

Mujahid said, "They committed errors."

Thus, Allah says