The Smoke
44. Ad-Dukhān
الدخان
al-Dukhān (Smoke)
ٱلدُّخَان
44:37
أَهُمْ
خَيْرٌ
أَمْ
قَوْمُ
تُبَّعٍ
وَالَّذِينَ
مِن
قَبْلِهِمْ
أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ
إِنَّهُمْ
كَانُوا
مُجْرِمِينَ
ʾa-hum khayrun ʾam qawmu tubbaʿin wa-lladhīna min qablihim ʾahlaknāhum ʾinnahum kānū mujrimīna
Are they better than the tribe of Tubba (name of a Yemenite tribal chief) and those who lived before them? We destroyed them. They were criminals.