Surah Az-Zukhruf, ayah 8
فَأَهْلَكْنَآ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.
Az-Zukhruf · 43:8
Word by word
- فَأَهْلَكْنَآfa-ahlaknāThen We destroyed
- أَشَدَّashaddastronger
- مِنْهُمmin'humthan them
- بَطْشًۭاbaṭshan(in) power
- وَمَضَىٰwamaḍāand has passed
- مَثَلُmathalu(the) example
- ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)
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