Qaf (Qaf)
Verses 12-15 GROUP_1383 50.12-15
12
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَأَصْحَابُ الرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ
Before them, the people of Noah and the people of Rass denied this truth; and so did the people of Thamud.
13
وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَانُ لُوطٍ
And the tribe of ‘Ad, and Pharaoh, and the brethren of Lot,
14
وَأَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ الرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ
and the dwellers of the Wood, and the people of Tubba‘: every one denied their messengers, and so My warning came true.
15
أَفَعَيِينَا بِالْخَلْقِ الْأَوَّلِ بَلْ هُمْ فِي لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ
Were We then worn out by the first creation? Yet they are in doubt about a second creation.
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Commentary
(a) In the course of history, as presented by the Quran, it has happened again and again that as a result of the prophets’ addressees rejecting them, the communities were destroyed. A few of these devastated nations are mentioned here by way of example. The destruction of these peoples is, in fact, a sample of the conditions in the Hereafter. A part of the punishment the rejecters of Truth are destined to receive in the Hereafter is shown here in this world of today. The first creation of this world proves the possibility of the second creation. If a man is serious, he does not require any further proof, to make him believe in the Hereafter.