ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا تَتْرَا ۖ كُلَّ مَا جَآءَ أُمَّةًۭ رَّسُولُهَا كَذَّبُوهُ ۚ فَأَتْبَعْنَا بَعْضَهُم بَعْضًۭا وَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ أَحَادِيثَ ۚ فَبُعْدًۭا لِّقَوْمٍۢ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ
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سُورَةُ المُؤۡمِنُونَ
English — Sahih International
Then We sent Our messengers in succession. Every time there came to a nation its messenger, they denied him, so We made them follow one another [to destruction], and We made them narrations. So away with a people who do not believe.
اردو — مودودی
پھر ہم نے پے در پے اپنے رسول بھیجے جس قوم کے پاس بھی اس کا رسول آیا، اس نے اُسے جھٹلایا، اور ہم ایک کے بعد ایک قوم کو ہلاک کرتے چلے گئے حتیٰ کہ ان کو بس افسانہ ہی بنا کر چھوڑا پھٹکار اُن لوگوں پر جو ایمان نہیں لاتے!
Bahasa Indonesia — Kemenag
Kemudian Kami utus (kepada umat-umat itu) rasul-rasul Kami berturut-turut. Tiap-tiap seorang rasul datang kepada umatnya, umat itu mendustakannya, maka Kami perikutkan sebagian mereka dengan sebagian yang lain. Dan Kami jadikan mereka buah tutur (manusia), maka kebinasaanlah bagi orang-orang yang tidak beriman.
Ibn Kathir
Mention of Other Nations Allah says:
ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَا مِن بَعْدِهِمْ قُرُوناً ءَاخَرِينَ
(Then, after them, We created other generations.) meaning, nations and peoples.
مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْخِرُونَ
(No nation can advance their term, nor can they delay it.) means, they are taken at the appropriate time, as decreed by Allah in His Book that is preserved with Him, before they were created, nation after nation, century after century, generation after generation, successors after predecessors.
ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا تَتْرَى
(Then We sent Our Messengers in succession.) Ibn `Abbas said, "(This means) following one another in succession." This is like the Ayah:
وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولاً أَنِ اعْبُدُواْ اللَّهَ وَاجْتَنِبُواْ الْطَّـغُوتَ فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ هَدَى اللَّهُ وَمِنْهُمْ مَّنْ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الضَّلَـلَةُ
(And verily, We have sent among every Ummah a Messenger (proclaiming): "Worship Allah, and avoid Taghut (all false deities)." Then of them were some whom Allah guided and of them were some upon whom the straying was justified) 16:36.
كُلَّ مَا جَآءَ أُمَّةً رَّسُولُهَا كَذَّبُوهُ
(Every time there came to a nation their Messenger, they denied him;) meaning the greater majority of them. This is like the Ayah:
يحَسْرَةً عَلَى الْعِبَادِ مَا يَأْتِيهِمْ مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلاَّ كَانُواْ بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
(Alas for mankind! There never came a Messenger to them but they used to mock at him.) 36:30
فَأَتْبَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ بَعْضاً
(so We made them follow one another,) means, `We destroyed them,' as Allah says:
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مِن بَعْدِ نُوحٍ
(And how many generations have We destroyed after Nuh!) 17:17
وَجَعَلْنَـهُمْ أَحَادِيثَ
(and We made them as Ahadith) meaning, stories and lessons for mankind, as Allah says elsewhere:
فَجَعَلْنَـهُمْ أَحَادِيثَ وَمَزَّقْنَـهُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ
(so, We made them as tales (in the land), and We dispersed them all totally) 34:19.
المُيَسَّر
ثم أرسلنا رسلنا إلى تلك الأمم يتبع بعضهم بعضًا، كلما دعا رسول أمته كذبوه، فأتبعنا بعضهم بعضًا بالهلاك والدمار، ولم يَبْقَ إلا أخبار هلاكهم، وجعلناها أحاديث لمن بعدهم، يتخذونها عبرة، فهلاكًا وسُحْقًا لقوم لا يصدقون الرسل ولا يطيعونهم.