وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡنَا ٱلۡمُسۡتَقۡدِمِينَ مِنكُمۡ وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡنَا ٱلۡمُسۡتَـٔۡخِرِينَ ٢٤
And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come].
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَلَقَدۡAnd verilywalaqad
- عَلِمۡنَاWe knowʿalim'nā
- ٱلۡمُسۡتَقۡدِمِينَthe preceding onesl-mus'taqdimīna
- مِنكُمۡamong youminkum
- وَلَقَدۡand verilywalaqad
- عَلِمۡنَاWe knowʿalim'nā
- ٱلۡمُسۡتَـٔۡخِرِينَthe later onesl-mus'takhirīna
Tafsir
I know of who was born and died before you, and of those who will be born and die after. Nothing of that is hidden from Me.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran