Quran Quote  :  (O Prophet), We have sent you forth as a witness, as a bearer of good news, and as a warner - 48:8

Quran-53:52 Surah An-najm English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

وَقَوۡمَ نُوحٖ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ هُمۡ أَظۡلَمَ وَأَطۡغَىٰ

Transliteration:( Wa qawma Noohim min qablu innahum kaanoo hum azlama wa atghaa )

52.And before this the people of Nuh [62] Surely, they were oppressors,unjust and most rebellious [63], (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

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

Surah An-Najm Ayat 52 Tafsir (Commentry)



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

62. This means the people of Nuh were destroyed before the Aad and Thamud. It should be remembered that the very first people to be destroyed were the people of Nuh through drowning.

63. Because these people had troubled Hazrat nuh (On whom be peace) for nine hundred and ifty years and caused him great grief and tortured him to such an extent that on many occasions they had left him thinking that he had died (Tafseer Roohul Mu'ani).

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Tur verse 52 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Tur ayat 42 which provides the complete commentary from verse 42 through 55.

(53:52) and that He it is Who destroyed the people of Noah before for they were much given to iniquity and transgression.

Ala-Maududi

(53:52) and that He it is Who destroyed the people of Noah before for they were much given to iniquity and transgression.


There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.

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

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