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Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 13

سورة الحجر، الآية ١٣

15:13 Juz 14 Hizb 27 Page 262 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 15:13

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝١٣

Transliteration

lā yu'minūna bihi waqad khalat sunnatu l-awalīna

Translation

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

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Verse 13 of Surah Al-Hijr (15:13), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 262 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Al-Mukhtasar

They do not believe in this Qur’ān that was revealed to Muhammad (peace be upon him). Allah’s custom in destroying those who bely their messengers has occurred before, so the beliers should take that into consideration.

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Other translations of verse 13

They will not believe in it, although the examples of the earlier people are well established.

They would not believe in it (the Qur’ân); and already the example of (Allâh’s punishment of) the ancients (who disbelieved) has gone forth.

They believe not therein, though the example of the men of old hath gone before.

That they should not believe in the (Message); but the ways of the ancients have passed away.

They do not believe in it, and indeed the example of the former people has already passed.

They do not believe in it; (The Message) and the enactment (The reward for good and evil) (for) the earliest (people) has already passed away.

Verse 13 word by word

  1. لَا lā Not
  2. يُؤْمِنُونَ yu'minūna they believe أ م ن
  3. بِهِۦ bihi in it
  4. وَقَدْ waqad and verily
  5. خَلَتْ khalat have passed خ ل و
  6. سُنَّةُ sunnatu the way(s) س ن ن
  7. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ l-awalīna (of) the former (people) أ و ل

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