Surah Ad-Dukhan 44:37
أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ
Are they better or the people of Tubbaʿ and those before them? We destroyed them, [for] indeed, they were criminals.
Translation: Saheeh International
Tafsir
God exalted be He says Are they better or the people of Tubba‘ — he was a prophet or a righteous man — and those communities before them? We destroyed because of their disbelief. In other words they are not mightier than those and yet they were destroyed; indeed they were criminals.
Excerpt from Tafsir al-Jalalayn, commentary on 44:37, via Quran.com. The reader has the full commentary and 9 more tafsirs.