Surah Ya-Sin 36:13 — translation and meaning

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وَاضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلًا أَصْحَابَ الْقَرْيَةِ إِذْ جَاءَهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ

Word by Word

وَاضْرِبْ
wa-id'rib
And set forth
لَهُم
lahum
to them
مَّثَلًا
mathalan
an example
أَصْحَابَ
ashaba
(of the) companions
الْقَرْيَةِ
al-qaryati
(of) the city
إِذْ
idh
when
جَاءَهَا
jaaha
came to it
الْمُرْسَلُونَ
al-mur'saluna
the Messengers

Transliteration

Wadrib lahum masalan Ashaabal Qaryatih; iz jaaa'ahal mursaloon

Translation

And present to them an example: the people of the city, when the messengers came to it -

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Give, O Messenger, these stubborn deniers an example that will be a lesson for them, which is the story of the people of the town when their messengers came to them.

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

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