Traduzione dei significati Versetto 37 Sura Ad-Dukhân - Traduzione inglese - Pioneer Transation Center (Ruwwad at-Tarjama) - L'Enciclopedia del Nobile Corano

Versetto: 37

أَهُمۡ خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ قَوۡمُ تُبَّعٖ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ مُجۡرِمِينَ

Are they better [in power] or the people of Tubba‘^[9] and those who were before them? We destroyed them, for they were truly wicked^[10].

[9] i.e., the people of Sheba.
[10] Tubba’ al-Himyari was a righteous Yemeni king of ancient times whose people persisted in disbelief and were destroyed; nonetheless, they were more powerful and superior to the pagans of Makkah.