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CH. 25 AL-FURQAN PT. 19 فَقُلْنَا اذْهَبَا إِلَى الْقَوْمِ الَّذِيْنَ كَذَّبُوا بِايْتِنَا And We said, “Go both of. 37 you to the people who have rejected Our Signs;' then We destroyed them overwhelming destruction. with فَدَمَّرْتُهُمْ تَدْمِيران وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ لَمَّا كَذَّبُوا الرُّسُلَ أَغْرَقْنَهُمُ And as to the people of. 38 وَجَعَلْتُهُمْ لِلنَّاسِ اِيَةً وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّلِمِينَ ,Messengers, We drowned them عَذَابًا أَلِيمًان Noah when they rejected the and We made them a Sign for mankind. bAnd We have prepared a painful punishment for the wrongdoers. C6 وَ عَادًا وَ ثَمُودَا وَاَصْحَبَ الرَّشِ And We destroyed ad and. 39 وَقُرُوْنًا بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ كَثِيرًا Thamūd, and the People of the Well, and many a generation between them. 2672 وَكُلًّا ضَرَبْنَا لَهُ الْأَمْثَالَ وَكُلًّا And to each one We set. 40 juvvejsis; forth clear similitudes; and each one did We utterly destroy. 2673 "20:44; 26:16; 28:35-36. 18:30; 42:46. 9:70; 38:13; 50:13-15. 2672. Important Words: (People of the Well). They رس الميت. i. e. he dug the well رس البئر say means, he buried the dead body. means, he effected reconciliation between them. means, prelude, beginning; first symptoms of an illness or of love; mine; an old well; according to some the name of a valley (Lane & Aqrab). bud therefore signifies, the People of the Well; the dwellers of a valley; a people a few of whose signs and marks remain after these have been gradually obliterated. 2318 Commentary: تَبَّرْنَا تَثْبِيرًان According to some was a town in Yamamah where one of the tribes of Thamud resided. According to others, these people were so called because they threw their Prophet into a well. They were the remnants of Thamūd. 2673. Important Words: We utterly destroyed) is the) تبرنا تتبيرا transitive form of (tabira) which means, he became destroyed. (tabbarahu) means, he destroyed him; broke him into annihilated him (Lane). pieces