Surah Al-Hijr, Ayah 13 (15:13)

ٱلْحِجْر

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ ۖ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Quran 15:13 is ayah 13 of Surah Al-Hijr (“The Rocky Tract”), a Meccan surah of 99 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 262 of the Madani Mushaf.

15:13
لَايُؤْمِنُونَبِهِۦ ۖوَقَدْخَلَتْسُنَّةُٱلْأَوَّلِينَ١٣
lā yu'minūna bihi waqad khalat sunnatu l-awalīna

They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples.(13)

Word by word

  1. لَاlāNot
  2. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe
  3. بِهِۦ ۖbihiin it
  4. وَقَدْwaqadand verily
  5. خَلَتْkhalathave passed
  6. سُنَّةُsunnatuthe way(s)
  7. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)

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