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Al-Mu'minun 44

Ayah 44 of 118 · Meccan

ثُمَّ أَرۡسَلۡنَا رُسُلَنَا تَتۡرَاۖ كُلَّ مَا جَآءَ أُمَّةٗ رَّسُولُهَا كَذَّبُوهُۖ فَأَتۡبَعۡنَا بَعۡضَهُم بَعۡضٗا وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ أَحَادِيثَۚ فَبُعۡدٗا لِّقَوۡمٖ لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٤٤

Then We sent Our messengers in succession. Every time there came to a nation its messenger, they denied him, so We made them follow one another [to destruction], and We made them narrations.1 So away with a people who do not believe.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., history or lessons for mankind.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ثُمَّThenthumma
  2. أَرۡسَلۡنَاWe sentarsalnā
  3. رُسُلَنَاOur Messengersrusulanā
  4. تَتۡرَاۖ(in) successiontatrā
  5. كُلَّEvery timekulla
  6. مَاEvery timemā
  7. جَآءَcamejāa
  8. أُمَّةٗ(to) a nationummatan
  9. رَّسُولُهَاits Messengerrasūluhā
  10. كَذَّبُوهُۖthey denied himkadhabūhu
  11. فَأَتۡبَعۡنَاso We made (them) follow fa-atbaʿnā
  12. بَعۡضَهُمsome of thembaʿḍahum
  13. بَعۡضٗاothersbaʿḍan
  14. وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡand We made themwajaʿalnāhum
  15. أَحَادِيثَۚnarrationsaḥādītha
  16. فَبُعۡدٗاSo awayfabuʿ'dan
  17. لِّقَوۡمٖwith a people liqawmin
  18. لَّاnotlā
  19. يُؤۡمِنُونَthey believeyu'minūna

Tafsir

I then sent My messengers in succession, one after the other. Each time the Messenger came to his nation he was sent to they rejected him, so I successively destroyed them, leaving nothing except for the tales of people regarding them. So destruction be to the nation that does not believe in the message brought to it by a messenger sent to it!

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran