Surah Ya-Sin (يس) • Ya Sin

Quran 36:13

36:13

وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلًا أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ إِذْ جَآءَهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

wa-iḍ'rib lahum mathalan aṣḥāba l-qaryati idh jāahā l-mur'salūna

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

— Saheeh International

Give them the example of the people to whose town messengers came.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And put forward to them a similitude: the (story of the) dwellers of the town, [it is said that the town was Antioch (Antâkiya)], when there came Messengers to them.

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

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Word by Word

وَٱضْرِبْwa-iḍ'ribAnd set forth
لَهُمlahumto them
مَّثَلًاmathalanan example
أَصْحَـٰبَaṣḥāba(of the) companions
ٱلْقَرْيَةِl-qaryati(of) the city
إِذْidhwhen
جَآءَهَاjāahācame to it
ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَl-mur'salūnathe Messengers