The Quran

سورة الزّخرُف

Surah Al-Zukhruf 43:8

The Ornaments · Verse 8 of 89

فَأَهْلَكْنَا أَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ بَطْشًا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Look! We destroyed those who were stronger than these (Makkans) in valour, and the example of the former peoples has already gone before. (So how can they escape meeting the same fate?)

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

So We destroyed (them)- stronger in power than these;- and (thus) has passed on the Parable of the peoples of old.

Ahmed Ali

So We destroyed far more powerful (nations) than they. The example of earlier people is there.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

So We destroyed peoples mightier than these in prowess, and the illustrative histories of those (destroyed peoples) have already have been related.

Daryabadi

Wherefore We destroyed peoples mightier than these in prowess; and there hath gone forth the example of the ancients.

Faridul Haque

We therefore destroyed the people who were more forceful than these, and the example of the earlier ones has already gone by.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then We destroyed those stronger than these in prowess, and the example of the ancients has gone before.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And WE destroyed those who were mightier in power than these, and the example of the earlier peoples has gone before.

Muhammad Asad

and so, [in the end,] We destroyed them [even though they were] of greater might than these and the [very] image of those people of old became a thing of the past.

Muhammad Musin Khan

Then We destroyed men stronger (in power) than these, and the example of the ancients has passed away (before them).

Muhammad Pickthall

Then We destroyed men mightier than these in prowess; and the example of the men of old hath gone (before them).

Muhammad Sarwar

We destroyed the strongest among them in power. The stories of the ancient people have already been mentioned.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Then We destroyed those who were stronger than these in prowess, and the case of the ancients has gone before,

Rashad Khalifa

Consequently, we annihilated people who were even more powerful than these. We thus set the examples from the previous communities.

Shabbir Ahmed

And so, We annihilated men stronger in power than these. And the very image of the previous communities became a thing of the past.