Surah As-Saffat 37:71 — translation and meaning
الصافات · Verse 71 / 182 · Page 448
وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Word by Word
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And verily
ضَلَّ
dalla
went astray
قَبْلَهُمْ
qablahum
before them
أَكْثَرُ
aktharu
most
الْأَوَّلِينَ
al-awalina
(of) the former (people)
Transliteration
Wa laqad dalla qablahum aksarul awwaleen
Translation
And there had already strayed before them most of the former peoples,
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Verily, the majority of people before them also went astray. So O Messenger, those to whom you have been sent are not the first to go astray.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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