Text of verse 56:39
ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ٣٩
Transliteration
thullatun mina l-awalīna
Translation
A company of the former peoples
Translation in another language
Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary
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Surah Al-Waqi’ah, Verse 39
سورة الواقعة، الآية ٣٩
Verse 39 of Surah Al-Waqi’ah (56:39), a Meccan surah, is in juz 27, on page 535 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
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Tafsir of verse 39
Al-Mukhtasar
They are a group from the nations of the previous Prophets.
Other translations of verse 39
many from the earlier generations,
A multitude of those (on the Right Hand) will be from the first generation (who embraced Islâm).
A multitude of those of old
A (goodly) number from those of old,
A numerous company from among the first,
A throng of the earliest (people, )
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Hadiths that cite this verse
One hadith cites this verse; its text is in Arabic.
Verses related to verse 39
Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse
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Hud 11:78
وَجَآءَهُۥ قَوْمُهُۥ يُهْرَعُونَ إِلَيْهِ وَمِن قَبْلُ كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِى هُنَّ أَطْهَرُ لَكُمْ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ فِى ضَيْفِىٓ أَلَيْسَ مِنكُمْ رَجُلٌ رَّشِيدٌ
And his people came hastening to him, and before [this] they had been doing evil deeds. He said, "O my people, these are my daughters; they are purer for you. So fear Allāh and do not disgrace me concerning my guests. Is there not among you a man of reason?"
Verses with similar wording
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Al-Waqi’ah 56:13
ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
A [large] company of the former peoples