وَلَقَدۡ ضَلَّ قَبۡلَهُمۡ أَكۡثَرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٧١
And there had already strayed before them most of the former peoples,
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَلَقَدۡAnd verilywalaqad
- ضَلَّwent astrayḍalla
- قَبۡلَهُمۡbefore themqablahum
- أَكۡثَرُmostaktharu
- ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ(of) the former (people)l-awalīna
Tafsir
Verily, the majority of people before them also went astray. So O Messenger, those to whom you have been sent are not the first to go astray.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran