سُوْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ
Surah Al-Muminoon (23) — Ayah 44
ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا تَتْرَا ۖ كُلَّ مَا جَآءَ أُمَّةً رَّسُولُهَا كَذَّبُوهُ ۚ فَأَتْبَعْنَا بَعْضَهُم بَعْضًا وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ أَحَادِيثَ ۚ فَبُعْدًا لِّقَوْمٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿44﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
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 Ahadîth (the true stories for mankind to learn a lesson from them). So away with a people who believe not!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
أَرْسَلْنَا
arsalnā
We sent
رُسُلَنَا
rusulanā
Our Messengers
تَتْرَا ۖ
tatrā
(in) succession
كُلَّ
kulla
Every time
مَا
mā
Every time
جَآءَ
jāa
came
أُمَّةًۭ
ummatan
(to) a nation
رَّسُولُهَا
rasūluhā
its Messenger
كَذَّبُوهُ ۚ
kadhabūhu
they denied him
فَأَتْبَعْنَا
fa-atbaʿnā
so We made (them) follow
بَعْضَهُم
baʿḍahum
some of them
بَعْضًۭا
baʿḍan
others
وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ
wajaʿalnāhum
and We made them
أَحَادِيثَ ۚ
aḥādītha
narrations
فَبُعْدًۭا
fabuʿ'dan
So away
لِّقَوْمٍۢ
liqawmin
with a people
لَّا
lā
not
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minūna
they believe
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah 44){ ثُمَّ اَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا تَتْرَا …:’’ تَتْرَا ‘‘ ’’دَعْوٰي‘‘} and {’’سَلْوٰي‘‘} (on the pattern of {فَعْلٰي}) is a verbal noun, which is in the state of {’’ رُسُلَنَا ‘‘}. {’’ تَتْرَا ‘‘} is originally {’’ وَتَرٰي‘‘}. The waw was replaced with a ta, just as in {’’تَقْوٰي‘‘} the ta has come in place of waw. The verbal noun is in the meaning of the active participle, that is, {’’مُتَوَاتِرِيْنَ‘‘}, meaning then We sent Our many messengers one after another, but their peoples did not take any lesson from the fate of the previous nations, and every nation, upon the coming of its messenger, continued to deny him, so We also, one after another, bound them to destruction and annihilated them in such a way that nothing remained of them except stories and tales.
