وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلًا أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ إِذْ جَآءَهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And present to them an example: the people of the city, when the messengers came to it -
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- (நபியே! நம்) தூதர்கள் ஓர் ஊர்வாசிகளிடம் வந்த(போது நிகழ்ந்த)தை அவர்களுக்கு உதாரணமாகச் சொல்வீராக.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- තවද ගම්මානයට ධර්ම දූතවරුන් පැමිණි අවස්ථාවේ එහි වැසියන් පිළිබඳ උපමාවක් නුඹ ඔවුනට ගෙන හැර දක්වනු.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اور آپ ان کے سامنے ایک مثال (یعنی ایک) بستی والوں کی مثال (اس وقت کا) بیان کیجیئے جب کہ اس بستی میں (کئی) رسول آئے.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- 町の仲間（の物語）を，例としてかれらに示すがよい。使徒たちがそこにやって来た時のことを。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 你当以城市的居民为他们设一个譬喻。当时，使者们来临那些居民。
Tafsir of 36:13
The Story of the Dwellers of the Town and Their Messengers, a Lesson that Those Who belied Their Messengers were Destroyed Allah says, `O Muhammad, tell your people who disbelieve in you,' مَّثَلاً أَصْحَبَ القَرْيَةِ إِذْ جَآءَهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ (a similitude; the Dwellers of the Town, when there came Messengers to them.) In the reports that he transmitted from Ibn `Abbas, Ka`b Al-Ahbar and Wahb bin Munabbih - Ibn Ishaq reported that it was the city of Antioch, in which there was a king called Antiochus the son of Antiochus the son of Antiochus, who used to worship idols. Allah sent to him three Messengers, whose names were Sadiq, Saduq and Shalum, and he disbelieved in them. It was also narrated from Buraydah bin Al-Husayb, `Ikrimah, Qatadah and Az-Zuhri that it was Antioch. Some of the Imams were not sure that it was Antioch, as we shall see below after telling the rest of the story, if Allah wills. إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمُ اثْنَيْنِ فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا (When We sent to them two Messengers, they denied them both;) means, they hastened to disbelieve in them.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
