Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 8 (43:8)

ٱلزُّخْرُف

فَأَهْلَكْنَآ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Quran 43:8 is ayah 8 of Surah Az-Zukhruf (“The Ornaments of Gold”), a Meccan surah of 89 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 489 of the Madani Mushaf.

43:8
فَأَهْلَكْنَآأَشَدَّمِنْهُمبَطْشًاوَمَضَىٰمَثَلُٱلْأَوَّلِينَ٨
fa-ahlaknā ashadda min'hum baṭshan wamaḍā mathalu l-awalīna

And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.(8)

Word by word

  1. فَأَهْلَكْنَآfa-ahlaknāThen We destroyed
  2. أَشَدَّashaddastronger
  3. مِنْهُمmin'humthan them
  4. بَطْشًاbaṭshan(in) power
  5. وَمَضَىٰwamaḍāand has passed
  6. مَثَلُmathalu(the) example
  7. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)

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