فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ سَلَفًا وَمَثَلًا لِّلْـَٔاخِرِينَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- இன்னும், நாம், அவர்களை (அழிந்து போன) முந்தியவர்களாகவும், பின் வருவோருக்கு உதாரணமாகவும் ஆக்கினோம்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- එවිට ඉකුත්ව ගිය පරපුරක් ලෙසත් පසු පැමිණෙන්නන්හට උදාහරණයක් ලෙසත් අපි ඔවුන් පත් කළෙමු.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- پس ہم نے انہیں گیا گزرا کردیا اور پچھلوں کے لیے مثال بنادی.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれらを過去（の民）とし，後世の者のために（戒めの）例とした。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 我以他们为后世的鉴戒。
Tafsir of 43:56
Fir`awn's Address to His People and how Allah punished Him Allah tells us how Fir`awn stubbornly persisted in his rebellion and disbelief. He assembled his people and addressed them in a vainglorious fashion, boasting of his dominion over Egypt. أَلَيْسَ لِى مُلْكُ مِصْرَ وَهَذِهِ الاٌّنْهَرُ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِى (Is not mine the dominion of Egypt, and these rivers flowing underneath me) Qatadah said, "They had gardens and rivers of flowing water." أَفلاَ تُبْصِرُونَ (See you not then) means, `do you not see my position of might and power' -- implying that Musa and his followers were poor and weak.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
