Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
and so We made them a thing of the past, and an example to those who would come after them
Arthur John Arberry
and We made them a thing past, and We appointed them for an example to later folk
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And We made them (a people) of the Past and an Example to later ages
Arabic
فَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُمۡ سَلَفࣰا وَمَثَلࣰا لِّلۡءَاخِرِینَ ٥٦
Transliteration (2021)
fajaʿalnāhum salafan wamathalan lil'ākhirīn