Ya-Sin (Ya-Sin)
Verse 13of 83
وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلًا أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ إِذْ جَآءَهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ﴿١٣﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
And present to them an example: the people of the city, when the messengers came to it -
Word-by-word meaning
وَٱضْرِبْwa-iḍ'ribAnd set forth
لَهُمlahumto them
مَّثَلًاmathalanan example
أَصْحَـٰبَaṣḥāba(of the) companions
ٱلْقَرْيَةِl-qaryati(of) the city
إِذْidhwhen
جَآءَهَاjāahācame to it
ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَl-mur'salūnathe Messengers
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
The Story of the Dwellers of the Town and Their Messengers, a Lesson that Those Who belied Their Messengers were Destroyed Allah says, `O Muhammad, tell your people who disbelieve in you,'مَّثَلاً أَصْحَـبَ القَرْيَةِ إِذْ جَآءَهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ(a similitude; the Dwellers of the Town, when there came Messengers to them.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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