Quran 23:44 — Al-Muminoon, verse 44
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and We sent Our messengers in succession: whenever a messenger came to a community they invariably called him a liar, so We destroyed them one after the other and made them into cautionary tales. Away with the disbelievers!
ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا تَتْرَىٰ ۖ كُلَّ مَا جَاءَ أُمَّةً رَسُولُهَا كَذَّبُوهُ ۚ فَأَتْبَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ بَعْضًا وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَحَادِيثَ ۚ فَبُعْدًا لِقَوْمٍ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
thumma arsalnā rusulanā tatrā kulla mā jāa ummatan rasūluhā kadhabūhu fa-atbaʿnā baʿḍahum baʿḍan wajaʿalnāhum aḥādītha fabuʿ'dan liqawmin lā yu'minūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then sent We Our Messengers successively; whenever its Messenger came to a nation they cried him lies, so We caused some of them to follow others, and We made them as but tales; so away with a people who do not believe!
- Muhammad Asad
- And We sent forth Our apostles, one after another: [and] every time their apostle came to a community, they gave him the lie: and so We caused them to follow one another [into the grave], and let them become [mere] tales: and so - away with the folk who would not believe!
- Sahih International
- Then We sent Our messengers in succession. Every time there came to a nation its messenger, they denied him, so We made them follow one another [to destruction], and We made them narrations. So away with a people who do not believe.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 2 | أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnā | We sent | رسل |
| 3 | رُسُلَنَاrusulanā | Our Messengers | رسل |
| 4 | تَتْرَا ۖtatrā | (in) succession | وتر |
| 5 | كُلَّkulla | Every time | كلل |
| 6 | مَاmā | Every time | — |
| 7 | جَآءَjāa | came | جيأ |
| 8 | أُمَّةًۭummatan | (to) a nation | أمم |
| 9 | رَّسُولُهَاrasūluhā | its Messenger | رسل |
| 10 | كَذَّبُوهُ ۚkadhabūhu | they denied him | كذب |
| 11 | فَأَتْبَعْنَاfa-atbaʿnā | so We made (them) follow | تبع |
| 12 | بَعْضَهُمbaʿḍahum | some of them | بعض |
| 13 | بَعْضًۭاbaʿḍan | others | بعض |
| 14 | وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْwajaʿalnāhum | and We made them | جعل |
| 15 | أَحَادِيثَ ۚaḥādītha | narrations | حدث |
| 16 | فَبُعْدًۭاfabuʿ'dan | So away | بعد |
| 17 | لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawmin | with a people | قوم |
| 18 | لَّاlā | not | — |
| 19 | يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna | they believe | أمن |