Surah Sad — Ayah 12 (38:12)
كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٖ وَعَادٞ وَفِرۡعَوۡنُ ذُو ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ ١٢
English translation (Saheeh International)
The people of Noah denied before them, and [the tribe of] ʿAad and Pharaoh, the owner of stakes,1
- - By which he tortured people.
Brief commentary
These deniers are not the first to deny, because the people of Noah, Aad, and the powerful Pharaoh denied before them.