ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا تَتْرَا
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Then We sent Our Messengers in succession.
Ibn Abbas said,
"(This means) following one another in succession."
This is like the Ayah:
وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولاً أَنِ اعْبُدُواْ اللَّهَ وَاجْتَنِبُواْ الْطَّـغُوتَ فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ هَدَى اللَّهُ وَمِنْهُمْ مَّنْ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الضَّلَـلَةُ
And verily, We have sent among e... very Ummah a Messenger (proclaiming):
"Worship Allah, and avoid Taghut (all false deities)."
Then of them were some whom Allah guided and of them were some upon whom the straying was justified. (16:36)
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كُلَّ مَا جَاء أُمَّةً رَّسُولُهَا كَذَّبُوهُ
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Every time there came to a nation their Messenger, they denied him;
meaning the greater majority of them.
This is like the Ayah:
يحَسْرَةً عَلَى الْعِبَادِ مَا يَأْتِيهِمْ مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلاَّ كَانُواْ بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
Alas for mankind! There never came a Messenger to them but they used to mock at him. (36:30)
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فَأَتْبَعْنَا بَعْضَهُم بَعْضًا
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so We made them follow one another,
means, `We destroyed them,' as Allah says:
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مِن بَعْدِ نُوحٍ
And how many generations have We destroyed after Nuh! (17:17)
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وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَحَادِيثَ
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and We made them as Ahadith,
meaning, stories and lessons for mankind, as Allah says elsewhere:
فَجَعَلْنَـهُمْ أَحَادِيثَ وَمَزَّقْنَـهُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ
so, We made them as tales (in the land), and We dispersed them all totally. (34:19)
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فَبُعْدًا لِّقَوْمٍ لاَّ يُوْمِنُونَ
So, away with a people who believe not!
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