Ad-Dukhan 44:37
The Smoke · Meccan · Juz 25 · Page 497
The People of Tubba‘
أَهُمۡ خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ قَوۡمُ تُبَّعࣲ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ مُجۡرِمِينَ ٣٧
Are they better, or the folk of Tubb’a and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Are they better or the people of Tubba‘ and those before them? We destroyed them.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this answers those who deny anything after the first death: We destroyed those stronger than you too.
Reflect
Reflect that even the mighty are temporary.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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