Az-Zukhruf 43:8 فاهلكنا اشد منهم بطشا ومضى مثل الاولين ٨
فَأَهۡلَكۡنَآ
أَشَدَّ
مِنۡهُم
بَطۡشٗا
وَمَضَىٰ
مَثَلُ
ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
٨
And We destroyed greater than them1 in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.
— Saheeh International
Nous avons fait périr de plus redoutables qu’eux! Et on a déjà cité l’exemple des anciens.
— French Translation(Muhammad Hamidullah)
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Which was revealed in Makkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
حم - تَنزِيلُ الْكِتَبِ 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 language
…Which was revealed in Makkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
حم - تَنزِيلُ الْكِتَبِ مِنَ اللّ
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