Quran 43:56 — Az-Zukhruf, verse 56
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We made them a lesson and an example for later people.
فَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ سَلَفًا وَمَثَلًا لِلْآخِرِينَ
fajaʿalnāhum salafan wamathalan lil'ākhirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and We made them a thing past, and We appointed them for an example to later folk.
- Muhammad Asad
- and so We made them a thing of the past, and an example to those who would come after them.
- Sahih International
- And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْfajaʿalnāhum | And We made them | جعل |
| 2 | سَلَفًۭاsalafan | a precedent | سلف |
| 3 | وَمَثَلًۭاwamathalan | and an example | مثل |
| 4 | لِّلْـَٔاخِرِينَlil'ākhirīna | for the later (generations) | أخر |