Quran 36:13 — Yaseen, verse 13
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Give them the example of the people to whose town messengers came.
وَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَثَلًا أَصْحَابَ الْقَرْيَةِ إِذْ جَاءَهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ
wa-iḍ'rib lahum mathalan aṣḥāba l-qaryati idh jāahā l-mur'salūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Strike for them a similitude -- the inhabitants of the city, when the Envoys came to it;
- Muhammad Asad
- AND SET FORTH unto them a parable - [the story of how] the people of a township [behaved] when [Our] message-bearers came unto them.
- Sahih International
- And present to them an example: the people of the city, when the messengers came to it -
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱضْرِبْwa-iḍ'rib | And set forth | ضرب |
| 2 | لَهُمlahum | to them | — |
| 3 | مَّثَلًاmathalan | an example | مثل |
| 4 | أَصْحَـٰبَaṣḥāba | (of the) companions | صحب |
| 5 | ٱلْقَرْيَةِl-qaryati | (of) the city | قري |
| 6 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 7 | جَآءَهَاjāahā | came to it | جيأ |
| 8 | ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَl-mur'salūna | the Messengers | رسل |