يس : ١٣

  • وَٱضۡرِبۡ And set forth
  • لَهُم to them
  • مَّثَلًا an example
  • أَصۡحَٰبَ (of the) companions
  • ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِ (of) the city
  • إِذۡ when
  • جَآءَهَا came to it
  • ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ the Messengers
And present to them an example: the people of the city, when the messengers came to it -
And strike for them as a similitude (mathalan is the first direct object) the inhabitants (ashaaba is the second direct object) of the town, [of] Antioch (Antaakya), when the messengers, namely, Jesus's disciples, came to it (idh jaa'ahaa'l-mursaloona is an inclusive substitution for ashaaba'l-qaryati, 'the inhabitants of the town').