Surah An-Najm, Ayah 52 (53:52)

ٱلنَّجْم

وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ

Quran 53:52 is ayah 52 of Surah An-Najm (“The Star”), a Meccan surah of 62 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 528 of the Madani Mushaf.

53:52
وَقَوْمَنُوحٍمِّنقَبْلُ ۖإِنَّهُمْكَانُوا۟هُمْأَظْلَمَوَأَطْغَىٰ٥٢
waqawma nūḥin min qablu innahum kānū hum aẓlama wa-aṭghā

And the people of Noah before. Indeed, it was they who were [even] more unjust and oppressing.(52)

Word by word

  1. وَقَوْمَwaqawmaAnd (the) people
  2. نُوحٍnūḥin(of) Nuh
  3. مِّنminbefore
  4. قَبْلُ ۖqablubefore
  5. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
  6. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
  7. هُمْhumthey were
  8. أَظْلَمَaẓlamamore unjust
  9. وَأَطْغَىٰwa-aṭghāand more rebellious

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