The Holy Quran 43:56 — Surah Az-Zukhruf

Arabic text

فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ سَلَفًا وَمَثَلًا لِّلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

Thus We made them forebears (from whose experience later generations will learn) and an example for those to come after them.

that is, for the generations coming after, their story is told as a cautionary example.

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