Surah Al-Mu'minun (المؤمنون) • The Believers

Quran 23:44

23:44

ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا تَتْرَا ۖ كُلَّ مَا جَآءَ أُمَّةً رَّسُولُهَا كَذَّبُوهُ ۚ فَأَتْبَعْنَا بَعْضَهُم بَعْضًا وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ أَحَادِيثَ ۚ فَبُعْدًا لِّقَوْمٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ

thumma arsalnā rusulanā tatrā kulla mā jāa ummatan rasūluhā kadhabūhu fa-atbaʿnā baʿḍahum baʿḍan wajaʿalnāhum aḥādītha fabuʿ'dan liqawmin lā yu'minūna

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.

— Saheeh International

and We sent Our messengers in succession: whenever a messenger came to a community they invariably called him a liar, so We destroyed them one after the other and made them into cautionary tales. Away with the disbelievers!

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then We sent Our Messengers in succession. Every time there came to a nation their Messenger, they denied him; so We made them follow one another (to destruction), and We made them as Ahadîth (the true stories for mankind to learn a lesson from them). So away with a people who believe not!

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

ثُمَّthummaThen
أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
رُسُلَنَاrusulanāOur Messengers
تَتْرَاۖtatrā(in) succession
كُلَّkullaEvery time
مَاmāEvery time
جَآءَjāacame
أُمَّةًۭummatan(to) a nation
رَّسُولُهَاrasūluhāits Messenger
كَذَّبُوهُۚkadhabūhuthey denied him
فَأَتْبَعْنَاfa-atbaʿnāso We made (them) follow
بَعْضَهُمbaʿḍahumsome of them
بَعْضًۭاbaʿḍanothers
وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْwajaʿalnāhumand We made them
أَحَادِيثَۚaḥādīthanarrations
فَبُعْدًۭاfabuʿ'danSo away
لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminwith a people
لَّاlānot
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe