Surah Az-Zukhruf, ayah 56
فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ سَلَفًا وَمَثَلًا لِّلْـَٔاخِرِينَ
And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples.
Az-Zukhruf · 43:56
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- فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْfajaʿalnāhumAnd We made them
- سَلَفًۭاsalafana precedent
- وَمَثَلًۭاwamathalanand an example
- لِّلْـَٔاخِرِينَlil'ākhirīnafor the later (generations)
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