Quran 43:56
Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 56
Juz 25 · Page 493 · Ruku 428 · Meccan
فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ سَلَفًا وَمَثَلًا لِّلْـَٔاخِرِينَ
Word by word
فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ fajaʿalnāhum And We made them سَلَفًۭا salafan a precedent وَمَثَلًۭا wamathalan and an example لِّلْـَٔاخِرِينَ lil'ākhirīna for the later (generations)
Transliteration
FajaAAalnahum salafan wamathalan lil-akhireen
Translations
Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
And We made them a thing past, and an example for those after (them).
Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And We made them (a people) of the Past and an Example to later ages.
تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir
وقوله : ( فجعلناهم سلفا ومثلا للآخرين ) : قال أبو مجلز : ( سلفا ) لمثل من عمل بعملهم .
وقال هو ومجاهد : ( ومثلا ) أي عبرة لمن بعدهم .