Surat Ad-Dukhan Verse No. 37: Reading and listening
Translation of the verse 37 from Surah Ad-Dukhan : Number of verses 59 - - page 497 - Part 25.
![surah الدخان ayah 37 - Are they better or the people of Tubba' and those before them? We destroyed them, [for] indeed, they were criminals.](https://surahquran.com/img/ayah/44-37.png)
﴾أَهُمۡ خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ قَوۡمُ تُبَّعٖ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ مُجۡرِمِينَ ﴿
[ الدخان: 37]
Are they better or the people of Tubba' and those before them? We destroyed them because they were indeed Mujrimun (disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, criminals, etc.).
English - Sahih International
Are they better or the people of Tubba' and those before them? We destroyed them, [for] indeed, they were criminals.
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(44:37) Are these better or the people of Tubba *32 and those who went before them? We destroyed them for they were a criminal people. *33
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
*32) Tubba was the title of the kings of the Himyarites, like the titles of Khosroes, Caesar, Pharaoh etc. which have been associated with the kings of different countries. They were a branch of the Sabaeans, who attained domination over Saba in 115 B.C. and puled it till 300 A.D. They have been a well known people of Arabia for centuries. (For details, see E.N. 37 of Surah Saba).
*33) This is the first answer to the disbelievers' objection; it means: No individual group or nation which denies the Hereafter can help becoming criminal. Perversion of the morals is its inevitable result, and human history bears evidence that whichever nation adopted this view of life ultimately perished. As for the question: Are they better or the people of Tubba' or the people before them? ii means this: The disbelievers of Makkah have not been able to attain to the prosperity and splendour that became the lot of the people of Tubba' and of the people of Saba and of the people of Pharaoh and others before them. But this material prosperity and worldly splendour could not save them from the consequences of their moral degeneration. How will then the chiefs of the Quraish be saved from destruction on the strength of their puny resources and wealth? (For details, see E.N.'s 25 to 36 of Surah Saba).