Surah Az-Zukhruf · Ayah 23

Meaning of Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 23

Wakathalika ma arsalnamin qablika fee qaryatin min natheerin illa qalamutrafooha inna wajadna abaanaAAala ommatin wa-inna AAala atharihimmuqtadoon

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1. وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
2. مَآmānot
3. أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
4. مِنminbefore you
5. قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
6. فِىfīin
7. قَرْيَةٍۢqaryatina town
8. مِّنminany
9. نَّذِيرٍnadhīrinwarner
10. إِلَّاillāexcept
11. قَالَqālasaid
12. مُتْرَفُوهَآmut'rafūhā(the) wealthy ones of it
13. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
14. وَجَدْنَآwajadnā[we] found
15. ءَابَآءَنَاābāanāour forefathers
16. عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
17. أُمَّةٍۢummatina religion
18. وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, we
19. عَلَىٰٓʿalā[on]
20. ءَاثَـٰرِهِمāthārihimtheir footsteps
21. مُّقْتَدُونَmuq'tadūna(are) following