Surah Sad ayat 12 Tafsir Quran 38:12

﴿كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو الْأَوْتَادِ﴾
[ ص: 12]

38:12 The people of Noah denied before them, and [the tribe of] 'Aad and Pharaoh, the owner of stakes,

Before them the people of Noah denied the inflection of the verb kadhdabat ‘denied’ that is governed by qawmu ‘people’ is in the feminine person because of the implicit sense and so did those of ‘Ād and Pharaoh he of the stakes — he used to fix four stakes for the person who incurred his wrath and tie to these stakes that person’s hands and feet and then torture him —

Long before them did people deny the divine message and reject Allahs religious principles, like the people Nuh, of Aad (the Adites ) and of Pharaoh, king of the immense fixed constructions

(38:12) Before them the people of Noah, Ad, and Pharaoh of the tent-pegs gave the lie (to the Messengers) *13

The people of Noah denied before them, meaning

*13) The use of dhil-autad ( of the stakes ) for Pharaoh is either in the sense that his kingdom was very strong as though a stake were firmly driven into the ground, or for the reason that wherever his large armies camped, pegs of the tents were seen driven into the ground on every side, or because he would torture and punish at the stakes anyone with whom he was angry; and possibly the stakes may imply the pyramids of Egypt which seem to be driven into the earth like the stakes.

 

( The folk of Noah before them ) before your folk, O Muhammad ( denied ) Noah ( and (so did the tribe of ) ’Aad) the folk of Hud deny Hud, ( and Pharaoh ) denied Moses ( firmly planted ) who had an established kingdom; and it is said that this means: the one who tortured using posts; this is because whenever he got angry against someone he tortured him using four posts,

Before them (were many who) belied Messengers, the people of Nuh (Noah); and 'Ad; and Fir'aun (Pharaoh) the man of stakes (with which he used to punish the people),

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