# 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 13 - **Surah:** 36. Surah Ya-Sin (Ya-Sin) — سورة يس - **Verse:** 13 / 83 · **Juz:** 22 · **Mushaf page:** 440 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-13 ## Arabic وَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَثَلاً اَصْحَابَ الْقَرْيَةِۢ اِذْ جَٓاءَهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَۚ ## Transcription Wadrib lahum mathalan as-habaalqaryati ith jaaha almursaloon ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley Make an example for them of the inhabitants of the city when the Messengers came to it. ### Progressive Muslims And cite for them the example of the people of the town, when the messengers came to it. ### Shabbir Ahmed Make them understand in Symbolic Form: The People of the Town when Messengers came to them. ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation And strike thou for them a similitude: — the people of the city, when the emissaries came to it — ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation And put forth for them the example of the people of the town, when the messengers came to it. ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament Cite for them the example of people in a community that received the messengers. ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira Narrate to them the example of the people of the city when the messengers came to it. ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) And present to them an example: the people of the city, when the messengers came to it - ### Muhammad Asad AND SET FORTH unto them a parable - [the story of how] the people of a township [behaved] when [Our] message-bearers came unto them. ### Marmaduke Pickthall Coin for them a similitude: The people of the city when those sent (from Allah) came unto them; ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary Recite to them, as a case in point, the story of the people of the town when the Messengers came to them.[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] The early commentators, generally, have expressed the opinion that the habitation implies the Syrian city of Antioch, and the messengers mentioned here were the ones sent by the Prophet Jesus for the preaching of his message there. Another thing that has been mentioned in this connection is that Antiochus was the king of this land at that time. But historically this story which Ibn Abbas, Qatadah, Ikrimah, Kaab Ahbar and Wahb bin Munabbih, and others have related on the basis of unauthentic Christian traditions is baseless. There have been 13 kings of the Seleucid dynasty named Antiochus who reigned in Antioch, and the rule of the last king of this name, rather the rule of this dynasty itself, came to an end in 65 B.C. At the time of the Prophet Jesus, the whole land of Syria and Palestine, including Antioch, was under the Romans. Then, no proof is forthcoming from any authentic tradition of the Christians that the Prophet Jesus might himself have sent any of his disciples to Antioch for preaching his message. On the contrary, the Acts of the Apostles (N.T.) shows that the Christian preachers had reached Antioch for the first time a few years after the event of the crucifixion. Now, evidently, the people who were neither appointed messengers by Allah nor sent by His Messenger cannot be regarded as messengers of Allah by any interpretation even if they might have travelled for the purpose of preaching of their own accord. Moreover, according to the Bible, Antioch was the first city where the non-Israelites embraced Christianity in large numbers and where the Christian faith met with great success; whereas the habitation mentioned by the Quran was some such habitation which rejected the invitation of the messengers, and was consequently punished with a divine torment. History also does not bear any evidence that Antioch was ever afflicted with a destruction, which might be regarded, as the result of denying the Prophethood. ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab And cite to them the inhabitants of the town to whom We sent Our Messengers, an example by way of a parable, by which moral and spiritual relations are typically set forth. ### Bijan Moeinian (Mohammad) remind them of the events followed by My sending two Messengers to a town. ### Al-Hilali & Khan And put forward to them a similitude: the (story of the) dwellers of the town, [it is said that the town was Antioch (Antâkiya)], when there came Messengers to them. ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali Set forth to them, by way of a parable, the (story of) the Companions of the City. Behold!, there came messengers to it. ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran Give them an example ˹O Prophet˺ of the residents of a town, when the messengers came to them. ### Taqi Usmani Cite to them the example of the People of the Town, when the messengers came to it, ### Abdul Haleem Give them the example of the people to whose town messengers came. ### Arthur John Arberry Strike for them a similitude -- the inhabitants of the city, when the Envoys came to it; ### E. Henry Palmer Strike out for them a parable: the fellows of the city when there came to it the apostles; ### Hamid S. Aziz Surely We give life to the dead, and We write down what they have sent before and their footprints, and We have recorded everything in a Clear Record. ### Mahmoud Ghali And strike for them a similitude: the companions (i. e., the inhabitants) of the town, as the Emissaries came to it, ### George Sale Propound unto them as an example the inhabitants of the city of Antioch, when the apostles of Jesus came thereto: ### Syed Vickar Ahamed And put forward to them (and tell them), by way of a story (with a warning), about the companions of the City (which was destroyed). When the messengers (of Allah) have come to it. ### Amatul Rahman Omar And set forth to them for their good a parable of a people of the town when the Messengers (of God) came to them. ### Ali Quli Qarai Cite for them the example of the inhabitants of the town when the apostles came to it. ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü Onlara o şehir halkını örnek ver. . . Hani oraya Rasuller gelmişti. ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı Sen onlara, o şehir halkının örneğini ver; hani oraya elçiler gelmişti. ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali Onlara o ülke halkını örnek ver. Hani, oraya peygamberler gelmişti. ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali (Ey Muhammed!) Onlara, o memleket halkını örnek ver. Hani oraya elçiler gelmişti. ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Ve onlara, o karye sahiblerini temsil getir, o dem ki ona o gönderilen Resuller varmıştı ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) Ve onlara o şehir halkını örnek ver. Hani oraya o gönderilen elçiler varmıştı. ### Gültekin Onan Sen onlara, o şehir halkının örneğini ver, hani oraya elçiler gelmişti. ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim Onlara o şehir yaranını misal getir. Hani oraya elçiler gelmişdi. ### İbni Kesir Onlara misal olarak şu kasaba halkını anlat: Hani oraya elçiler gelmişlerdi. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı Onlara, elçilerimizi gönderdiğimiz o şehir halkı(nın hikayesin)i örnek olarak anlat. ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı Kendilerine elçiler gelmiş olan belde halkının misalini anlat onlara. ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Onlara elçilerin geldiği şu kent halkını misal olarak anlat: ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali Onlara o kent halkını örnek ver. Hani, elçiler gelmişti oraya. ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an Onlara, kendilerine elçiler gönderdiğimiz şehir halkının hikayesini anlat. ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Onlara, o kentin halkını örnek ver. Hani, onlara rasuller gelmişti. ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek Gönderilenlerin geldiği, o kentin yoldaşlarını örnek ver. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Şu şehir halkının, elçiler geldiğinde yaptıklarını bunlara örnek ver. ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir Onlara (müşriklere) şu şehir halkını örnek ver: Hani onlara elçiler gelmişti.[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] Buradaki şehrin Antakya, elçilerin de Hz. İsa'nın havarileri olduğu iddia edilmektedir. Oysa burada anlatılan olay bir kıssa değil [darb-ı mesel]dir, elçiler de herhangi birer elçi değil peygamberlerdir. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Onlara, o kentin halkını örnek ver. Hani, onlara resuller gelmişti. ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an Onlara, o kentin halkını örnek ver. Hani, onlara Resuller gelmişti. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Onlara şu kentin ahalisini örnek olarak anlat: Bir gün oraya elçilerimiz gelmişti. ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | وَٱضْرِبْ — wa-iḍ'rib | And set forth | ضرب — Dad-Ra-Be | | 2 | لَهُم — lahum | to them | — | | 3 | مَّثَلًا — mathalan | an example | مثل — Mim-Se-Lam | | 4 | أَصْحَـٰبَ — aṣḥāba | (of the) companions | صحب — Sad-Ha-Be | | 5 | ٱلْقَرْيَةِ — l-qaryati | (of) the city | قري — Kaf-Ra-Ye | | 6 | إِذْ — idh | when | — | | 7 | جَآءَهَا — jāahā | came to it | جيا — Cim-Ye-Elif | | 8 | ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ — l-mur'salūna | the Messengers | رسل — Ra-Sin-Lam | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-12.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-14.md Retrieved: 2026-08-25 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.