Surah Al-Mu'minun 23:44 — translation and meaning

المؤمنون · Verse 44 / 118 · Page 345

ۚ ۚ ۖ ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا تَتْرَى كُلَّ مَا جَاءَ أُمَّةً رَّسُولُهَا كَذَّبُوهُ فَأَتْبَعْنَا بَعْضَهُم بَعْضًا وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَحَادِيثَ فَبُعْدًا لِّقَوْمٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Word by Word

ۚ
ۚ
ۖ
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
أَرْسَلْنَا
arsalna
We sent
رُسُلَنَا
rusulana
Our Messengers
تَتْرَى
tatra
(in) succession
كُلَّ
kulla
Every time
مَا
ma
Every time
جَاءَ
jaa
came
أُمَّةً
ummatan
(to) a nation
رَّسُولُهَا
rasuluha
its Messenger
كَذَّبُوهُ
kadhabuhu
they denied him
فَأَتْبَعْنَا
fa-atba'na
so We made (them) follow
بَعْضَهُم
ba'dahum
some of them
بَعْضًا
ba'dan
others
وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ
waja'alnahum
and We made them
أَحَادِيثَ
ahaditha
narrations
فَبُعْدًا
fabu'dan
So away
لِّقَوْمٍ
liqawmin
with a people
لَّا
la
not
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minuna
they believe

Transliteration

Summa arsalnaa Rusulanaa tatraa kulla maa jaaa'a ummatar Rasooluhaa kazzabooh; fa atba'naa ba'dahum ba'danw wa ja'alnaahum ahaadees; fabu'dal liqawmil laa yu'minoon

Translation

Then We sent Our messengers in succession. Every time there came to a nation its messenger, they denied him, so We made them follow one another [to destruction], and We made them narrations. So away with a people who do not believe.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

I then sent My messengers in succession, one after the other. Each time the Messenger came to his nation he was sent to they rejected him, so I successively destroyed them, leaving nothing except for the tales of people regarding them. So destruction be to the nation that does not believe in the message brought to it by a messenger sent to it!

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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