Quran 43:8 — Az-Zukhruf, verse 8
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
so We have destroyed mightier people than [the disbelievers of Mecca] and their example has gone down in history.
فَأَهْلَكْنَا أَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ بَطْشًا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
fa-ahlaknā ashadda min'hum baṭshan wamaḍā mathalu l-awalīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- so We destroyed men stronger in valour than they, and the example of the ancients passed away.
- Muhammad Asad
- and so, [in the end,] We destroyed them [even though they were] of greater might than these: and the [very] image of those people of old became a thing of the past.
- Sahih International
- And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَأَهْلَكْنَآfa-ahlaknā | Then We destroyed | هلك |
| 2 | أَشَدَّashadda | stronger | شدد |
| 3 | مِنْهُمmin'hum | than them | — |
| 4 | بَطْشًۭاbaṭshan | (in) power | بطش |
| 5 | وَمَضَىٰwamaḍā | and has passed | مضي |
| 6 | مَثَلُmathalu | (the) example | مثل |
| 7 | ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna | (of) the former (people) | أول |