Surah Az-Zukhruf (الزخرف) • The Ornaments of Gold

Quran 43:56

43:56

فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ سَلَفًا وَمَثَلًا لِّلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

fajaʿalnāhum salafan wamathalan lil'ākhirīna

We made them a lesson and an example for later people.

And We made them a precedent (as a lesson for those coming after them), and an example to later generations.

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فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْfajaʿalnāhumAnd We made them

سَلَفًۭاsalafana precedent

وَمَثَلًۭاwamathalanand an example

لِّلْـَٔاخِرِينَlil'ākhirīnafor the later (generations)