كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو الْأَوْتَادِ
Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin waAAadun wafirAAawnu thoo al-awtadi
Denied before them (the) people (of) Nuh and Aad and Firaun, (the) owner (of) the stakes.
To the truth gave the lie aforetime Noah's people, and [the tribe of] Ad, and Pharaoh of the [many] tent-poles,
Before them (were many who) rejected apostles,- the people of Noah, and 'Ad, and Pharaoh, the Lord of Stakes,
The folk of Noah before them denied (their messenger) and (so did the tribe of) A'ad, and Pharaoh firmly planted,
The people of Noah, and 'Ad, and Pharaoh, the lord of hosts, rejected (prophets) before them,
The people of Noah denied before them, and [the tribe of] 'Aad and Pharaoh, the owner of stakes,