The Holy Quran 56:14 — Surah Al-Waqi'ah

Arabic text

وَقَلِيلٌ مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

Translation

and a few from among the later ones (the people after Rasulullaah ﷺ). (The people before Rasulullaah ﷺ make up a large portion of this group because they were greater in number and because there were tens of thousands of Ambiyaa عليهم الصلاة والسلام among them while no Nabi will come after Rasulullaah ﷺ)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The interpretation of “the earlier ones” and “the later ones”: Shah [Abd al-Qadir] ﵀ writes: “‘The earlier ones’ refers to the former communities, and ‘the later ones’ to this community (the community of Muhammad ﷺ)

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