Surah 23 · verse 44

Al-Mu'minun 23:44

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

thumma arsalna rusulana tatra kulla ma ja'a ummatan rasuluha kaddhabuhu fa-atba'na ba'dahum ba'dan wa-ja'alnahum ahaditha fa-bu'dan li-qawm la yu'minun

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.

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Context in the surah

Verse 41

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ بِالْحَقِّ فَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ غُثَاءً ۚ فَبُعْدًا لِّلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ

So the shriek seized them in truth, and We made them as [plant] stubble. Then away with the wrongdoing people.

Verse 42

ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَا مِن بَعْدِهِمْ قُرُونًا آخَرِينَ

Then We produced after them other generations.

Verse 43

مَا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ

No nation will precede its time [of termination], nor will they remain [thereafter].

Verse 44

Verse 45

ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَأَخَاهُ هَارُونَ بِآيَاتِنَا وَسُلْطَانٍ مُّبِينٍ

Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron with Our signs and a clear authority

Verse 46

إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَئِهِ فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا وَكَانُوا قَوْمًا عَالِينَ

To Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were arrogant and were a haughty people.

Verse 47

فَقَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لِبَشَرَيْنِ مِثْلِنَا وَقَوْمُهُمَا لَنَا عَابِدُونَ

They said, "Should we believe two men like ourselves while their people are for us in servitude?"