Surah Az-Zukhruf 43:8 — translation and meaning
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فَأَهْلَكْنَا أَشَدَّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا وَمَضَى مَثَلُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Word by Word
فَأَهْلَكْنَا
fa-ahlakna
Then We destroyed
أَشَدَّ
ashadda
stronger
مِنْهُم
min'hum
than them
بَطْشًا
batshan
(in) power
وَمَضَى
wamada
and has passed
مَثَلُ
mathalu
(the) example
الْأَوَّلِينَ
al-awalina
(of) the former (people)
Transliteration
Fa ahlaknaaa ashadda minhum batshanw wa madaa masalul lawwaleen
Translation
And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
I destroyed those who were mightier than those nations, so we not incapable of destroying those who are weaker than them. The description of the destruction of the previous nations has passed in the Qur’ān, such as the Ad, Thamud, nation of Lot and the people of Madyan.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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