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سورة یسٓ

Surah Yâ Sîn 36:13

O Perfect Man! · Verse 13 of 83

وَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَثَلًا أَصْحَابَ الْقَرْيَةِ إِذْ جَاءَهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And set forth to them for their good a parable of a people of the town when the Messengers (of God) came to them.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

Ahmed Ali

Narrate to them the example of the people of the city when the messengers came to it.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

Set out to them, by way of a parable, the (story of the) people of that township, when the Messengers came there;

Daryabadi

And propound thou Unto them the similitude of the inhabitants of a town, When there came thereto the sent ones;

Faridul Haque

And relate to them the signs of the people of the city - when two emissaries came to them.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And set out to them a parable of the people of the town, when apostles came to it.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And set forth to them the parable of a people of the town, when the Messengers came to it.

Muhammad Asad

AND SET FORTH unto them a parable - [the story of how] the people of a township [behaved] when [Our] message-bearers came unto them. (34:14) Lo! We sent unto them two [apostles], and they gave the lie to both; and so We strengthened [the two] with a third; and thereupon they said: "Behold, we have been sent unto you [by God]!"

Muhammad Musin Khan

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

Muhammad Pickthall

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

Muhammad Sarwar

Tell them the story of the people of the town to whom Messengers came.

Muhammed ali Shakir

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

Rashad Khalifa

Cite for them the example of people in a community that received the messengers.

Shabbir Ahmed

Give them an example, the example of the people of the township when Messengers came to them.

Commentary 36:13 Ashâb al-Qaryâh أَصْحَابَ الْقَرْيَةِ are the people of the town. This expression can refer to the people of Makkah or residents of any other town, or to…

وَاضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلًا أَصْحَابَ الْقَرْيَةِ إِذْ جَاءَهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ

36:13 Ashâb al-Qaryâh أَصْحَابَ الْقَرْيَةِ are the people of the town. This expression can refer to the people of Makkah or residents of any other town, or to humankind at large. The next verse indicates that here it stands for the people of Egypt and Palestine.