Quran-25:38 Surah Al-furqan English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

وَعَادٗا وَثَمُودَاْ وَأَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلرَّسِّ وَقُرُونَۢا بَيۡنَ ذَٰلِكَ كَثِيرٗا

Transliteration:( Wa 'Aadanw wa Samooda wa As haabar Rassi wa quroonan baina zaalika katheeraa )

38. And (We destroyed) `Aad and Thamud, and the people of the well (71), and many generations between them. (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

(38) And [We destroyed] ʿAad and Thamūd and the companions of the well[1025] and many generations between them. (Saheen International Translation)

Surah Al-Furqan Ayat 38 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi
  • Shaheen International

38. And (We destroyed) `Aad and Thamud, and the people of the well (71), and many generations between them.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Furqan verse 38 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Furqan ayat 35 which provides the complete commentary from verse 35 through 40.

(25:38) And in like manner were the ‘Ad and the Thamud destroyed and the people of al-Rass[52] and many a nation in the centuries in between.

Ala-Maududi

(25:38) And in like manner were the ‘Ad and the Thamud destroyed and the people of al-Rass[52] and many a nation in the centuries in between.


52. There is no definite knowledge about the people of the Raas. Different commentators have said different things about them, but nothing is convincing. The only thing that may be said about them is that they were a people who had killed their Prophet by throwing him into or hanging him down a Rass (an old or dry well).

(38) And [We destroyed] ʿAad and Thamūd and the companions of the well[1025] and many generations between them.

[1025]- Said to be a people who denied Prophet Shuʿayb or possibly those mentioned in Sūrah Yā Seen, 36:13-29.

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