Surah 43. Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 8
| فَأَهْلَكْنَا أَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ بَطْشًا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ الْأَوَّلِينَ |
| Transliteration | : | fa- ahlaknaa ashadd min -hum bat.sh(an) wa- mad.aa mathal al- 'awwalen |
| Pickthall | : | Then we destroyed men mightier than these in prowess; and the example of the men of old hath gone (before them). |
| Asad | : | and so, [in the end,] We destroyed them [even though they were] of greater might than these:6 and the [very] image of those people of old became a thing of the past. |
| Malik | : | So We destroyed them, though they were stronger in power than these people, and provided an example in the case of prior people. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | So We destroyed (them) stronger in power than these and (thus) has passed on the Parable of the peoples of old. 4609 |
Note - 6I.e., than the people addressed in verse {5} above.
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Note - 4609The result of rebellion was destruction. And the pagan
Makkan generation contemporary with the Prophet are
reminded that the peoples of old who were destroyed were,
many of them, more powerful than they, and that they, in
disobeying Allah's Law, were inviting the same fate for
themselves. The events of the past have become examples
for the present and the future.
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The result of rebellion was destruction. And the pagan Makkan generation contemporary with the Prophet are reminded that the peoples of old who were destroyed were, many of them, more powerful than they, and that they, in disobeying Allah's Law, were inviting the same fate for themselves. The events of the past have become examples for the present and the future. |
