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فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ سَلَفًا وَمَثَلًا لِّلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

Word by word

فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ

And We made them

Verb

Root: جعل

Grammar (i'rab)

فَPreposition — conjunction، prefix

جَعَلْVerb — perfect، 1st plur.

نَٰNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.

هُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.

سَلَفًا

a precedent

Noun

Root: سلف

Grammar (i'rab)

سَلَفًاNoun — fem. plur.، indefinite، accusative

وَمَثَلًا

and an example

Noun

Root: مثل

Grammar (i'rab)

وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix

مَثَلًاNoun — masculine، indefinite، accusative

لِّلْءَاخِرِينَ

for the later (generations)

Noun

Root: أخر

Grammar (i'rab)

لِّPreposition — preposition، prefix

لْPreposition — definite، prefix

ءَاخِرِينَNoun — masc. plur.، genitive

Translation

And We made them (a people) of the Past and an Example to later ages.

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

We made them a lesson and an example for later people.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

And We made them a thing past, and an example for those after (them).

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples.

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

Onları, sonradan gelecek inkarcılara ibret alınacak bir geçmiş kıldık.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Onları sonradan gelecekler için ibret ve örnek kıldık.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Onları, sonradan gelenlerin geçmişi ve (ibretlik) örneği kılmıştık.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

فجعلنا هؤلاء الذين أغرقناهم في البحر سلفًا لمن يعمل مثل عملهم ممن يأتي بعدهم في استحقاق العذاب، وعبرة وعظة للآخرين.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution