Ayetآية

Al-Qamar 54:23

The Moon · Meccan · Juz 27 · Page 529

Thamud and the Warnings

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ۝٢٣

(The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings.

Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall

Meaning

Thamud denied the warnings.

Insight

According to Elmalılı, “nudhur” may mean warnings or warners, that is, prophets.

Reflect

Don’t belittle the warnings that come to you.

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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