Az-Zukhruf 43:56
Ornaments of gold · ayah 56 of 89
فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ سَلَفًۭا وَمَثَلًۭا لِّلْءَاخِرِينَ
FajaAAalnahum salafan wamathalan lil-akhireen
"And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples."
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"We made them a lesson and an example for later people."
Pickthall (classic)+
"And We made them a thing past, and an example for those after (them)."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"And We made them (a people) of the Past and an Example to later ages."