The Holy Quran 21:77 — Surah Al-Anbya

Arabic text

وَنَصَرْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمَ سَوْءٍ فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Translation

And We granted him salvation from a nation who rejected Our Aayaat. They were indeed an evil nation, so We drowned all of them.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The deliverance of Nuh ﵇ from the great distress: Nuh ﵇ kept admonishing his people for nine hundred and fifty years. Over so long a period he endured severe, heart-rending hardships, and at last he prayed: اِنِّیْ مَغْلُوْبٌ فَانْتَصِرْ (“Indeed, I am overpowered, so help me”) (Surah Al-Qamar, ruku' (section) 1)

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