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Yunus (Jonah)

Verse 13of 109

وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا ٱلْقُرُونَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا۟ ۙ وَجَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ لِيُؤْمِنُوا۟ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ﴿١٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And We had already destroyed generations before you when they wronged, and their messengers had come to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe. Thus do We recompense the criminal people

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe destroyed
ٱلْقُرُونَl-qurūnathe generations
مِنminbefore you
قَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you
لَمَّاlammāwhen
ظَلَمُوا۟ ۙẓalamūthey wronged
وَجَآءَتْهُمْwajāathumand came to them
رُسُلُهُمrusuluhumtheir Messengers
بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiwith clear proofs
وَمَاwamābut not
كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
لِيُؤْمِنُوا۟ ۚliyu'minūto believe
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
نَجْزِىnajzīWe recompense
ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīna(who are) criminals

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Admonition held in the Destruction of the Previous GenerationsAllah tells us about what happened to past generations when they belied the Messengers ﷺ and the clear signs and proofs the latter brought to them. Allah then made this nation successors after them. He sent to them a Messenger to test their obedience to Him and following His Messenger.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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