Tafseer of Ornaments of gold · Az-Zukhruf · 43:6
And how many a prophet We sent among the former peoples,
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The explanation of the statement of the Exalted: وَكَمْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ نَبِيٍّ فِي الأَوَّلِينَ (43:6) — ("And how many a prophet did We send among the former peoples!")
The Exalted, whose praise is sublime, says: وَكَمْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ نَبِيٍّ ("And how many a prophet did We send") — O Muḥammad — among the former generations who passed away before your generation in which you were sent, just as We sent you among your people, the Quraysh.