The Holy Quran 2:66 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

فَجَعَلْنَـٰهَا نَكَـٰلًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا وَمَا خَلْفَهَا وَمَوْعِظَةً لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

Translation

We made it (their punishment) an example (an admonition) for those who were present(at that time) as well as for those after them, and a lesson (a warning) for those who fear Allaah (because it is only such people who will heed the lesson).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

That is, We made this event and this punishment a cause of fear and a lesson for those before and those after, “that is, for those who witnessed this punishment and those who will be born in the future,” or for the settlements that lay in front of the city and behind it.

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