Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty. — Ad Dukhaan 44:37

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أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍۢ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ

Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.

Ad Dukhaan 44:37

PICKTHALL ENGLISH MEANING

“Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.”

Arabic Quran text from the Tanzil Project, reproduced verbatim. English meaning by Marmaduke Pickthall. Translation is not a replacement for the Arabic Quran.

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