Az-Zukhruf 43:56 فجعلناهم سلفا ومثلا للاخرين ٥٦
فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ
سَلَفٗا
وَمَثَلٗا
لِّلۡأٓخِرِينَ
٥٦
And We made them a precedent (as a lesson for those coming after them), and an example to later generations.
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Fir`awn's Address to His People and how Allah punished Him
Allah tells us how Fir`awn stubbornly persisted in his rebellion and disbelief. He assembled his people and addressed them in a vainglorious fashion, boasting of his dominion over Egypt.
أَلَيْسَ لِى مُلْكُ مِصْرَ وَهَـذِهِ الاٌّنْهَـرُ تَجْرِ
…Fir`awn's Address to His People and how Allah punished Him
Allah tells us how Fir`awn stubbornly persisted in his rebellion and disbelief. He assembled
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