The Unyielding Rejection of Messengers from Hud to Musa

Al-Mu'minun — Verses 42–44 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim

ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَا مِن بَعْدِهِمْ قُرُونًا آخَرِينَ ٤٢

Then, after them, We created other generations.

ثُمَّ
Then,
أَنشَأْنَا
We created
مِن بَعْدِهِمْ
after them,
قُرُونًا آخَرِينَ
other generations.

مَا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ ٤٣

No nation can anticipate their term, nor can they delay it.

مَا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ
No nation can anticipate
أَجَلَهَا
their term
وَمَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ
nor can they delay it

ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا تَتْرَىٰ ۖ كُلَّ مَا جَاءَ أُمَّةً رَّسُولُهَا كَذَّبُوهُ ۚ فَأَتْبَعْنَا بَعْضَهُم بَعْضًا وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَحَادِيثَ ۚ فَبُعْدًا لِّقَوْمٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ ٤٤

Then We sent Our Messengers in succession, every time there came to a nation their Messenger, they denied him, so We made them follow one another (to destruction), and We made them as Ahadith (the true stories for mankind to learn a lesson from them). So away with a people who believe not.

ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا تَتْرَىٰ ۖ
Then We sent Our Messengers in succession
كُلَّ مَا جَاءَ أُمَّةً رَّسُولُهَا كَذَّبُوهُ ۚ
every time there came to a nation their Messenger, they denied him
فَأَتْبَعْنَا بَعْضَهُم بَعْضًا
so We made them follow one another (to destruction)
وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَحَادِيثَ ۚ
and We made them as Ahadith
فَبُعْدًا لِّقَوْمٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ
So away with a people who believe not