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Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 13

سورة يس، الآية ١٣

36:13 Juz 22 Hizb 44 Page 441 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 36:13

وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلًا أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ إِذْ جَآءَهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ ۝١٣

Transliteration

wa-iḍ'rib lahum mathalan aṣḥāba l-qaryati idh jāahā l-mur'salūna

Translation

And present to them an example: the people of the city, when the messengers came to it -

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Verse 13 of Surah Ya-Sin (36:13), a Meccan surah, is in juz 22, on page 441 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 71 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 13

Al-Mukhtasar

Give, O Messenger, these stubborn deniers an example that will be a lesson for them, which is the story of the people of the town when their messengers came to them.

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Other translations of verse 13

Give them an example of the People of the Town when the messengers came to it.

And put forward to them a similitude: the (story of the) dwellers of the town, [it is said that the town was Antioch (Antâkiya)], when there came Messengers to them.

Coin for them a similitude: The people of the city when those sent (from Allah) came unto them;

Set forth to them, by way of a parable, the (story of) the Companions of the City. Behold!, there came messengers to it.

And set out to them an example of the people of the town, when the messengers came to it.

And strike for them a similitude: the companions (i.e., the inhabitants) of the town, as the Emissaries came to it,

Verse 13 word by word

  1. وَٱضْرِبْ wa-iḍ'rib And set forth ض ر ب
  2. لَهُم lahum to them
  3. مَّثَلًا mathalan an example م ث ل
  4. أَصْحَٰبَ aṣḥāba (of the) companions ص ح ب
  5. ٱلْقَرْيَةِ l-qaryati (of) the city ق ر ي
  6. إِذْ idh when
  7. جَآءَهَا jāahā came to it ج ي أ
  8. ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ l-mur'salūna the Messengers ر س ل

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