Tafseer of The Inevitable · Al-Waaqia · 56:13
A [large] company of the former peoples
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The explanation of the statement of the Exalted: ثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الأَوَّلِينَ (13) ("A multitude from those of old")
The Exalted, whose remembrance is exalted, says: a group from the bygone communities.