[1270] Usually meaning "descendants" or "offspring," the word "dhurriyyah" is used here to denote forefathers (their being the offspring of Noah), who were saved from the flood.
[1271] Of sins or of life in this world and the Hereafter.
[1272] The conclusion of this sentence is understood to be "...they ignored the warning."
[1273] Literally, "cry" or "shriek," meaning the first blast of the Horn which will strike dead every living thing on the earth without warning.