Az-Zukhruf 43:8 فاهلكنا اشد منهم بطشا ومضى مثل الاولين ٨
فَأَهۡلَكۡنَآ
أَشَدَّ
مِنۡهُم
بَطۡشٗا
وَمَضَىٰ
مَثَلُ
ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
٨
So We destroyed those who were far mightier than these ˹Meccans˺. The examples of ˹their˺ predecessors have ˹already˺ been related.1
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And We destroyed greater than them1 in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.
— Saheeh International
Lees Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Which was revealed in Makkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
حـم - تَنزِيلُ الْكِتَـبِ مِنَ اللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيمِ
(Ha-Mim. By the manifest Book.) means, plain and clear in both wording and meaning, because it was revealed in the langua
…Which was revealed in Makkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
حـم - تَنزِيلُ الْكِتَـبِ مِنَ ا
…