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فَجَعَلْنٰهُمْ سَلَفًا وَّمَثَلًا لِّلْاٰخِرِيْنَ ࣖ  ( الزخرف: ٥٦ )

fajaʿalnāhum
فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ
And We made them
salafan
سَلَفًا
a precedent
wamathalan
وَمَثَلًا
and an example
lil'ākhirīna
لِّلْءَاخِرِينَ
for the later (generations)

Faja'alnaahum salafanw wa masalal lil aakhireen (az-Zukhruf 43:56)

Sahih International:

And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples. (Az-Zukhruf [43] : 56)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

and made them a people of the past, and an example for the later generations.