وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Walaqad dalla qablahum aktharu alawwaleena
Yusuf Ali
And truly before them, many of the ancients went astray;-
Recitation
Pickthall
And verily most of the men of old went astray before them,
Shakir
And certainly most of the ancients went astray before them,
Hausa — Gumi
Kuma tabbas haƙĩƙa mafi yawan mutãnen farko sun ɓace a gabãninsu.
Yoruba
The Yoruba translation exists only as a scanned image.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Allah says:
وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿٧١﴾
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِم مُّنذِرِينَ ﴿٧٢﴾
And indeed most of the earlier ones went astray before them;
And indeed We sent among them warners;
Allah tells us that most of the previous nations went astray, worshipping other gods alongside Allah. He states that He sent among them warners to alert them to the anger, wrath and vengeance of Allah towards those who disbelieve in Him and worship others besides Him. He tells us that they persisted in their opposition to their Messengers and their disbelief in them, so He destroyed those who disbelieved in Him and saved the believers and caused them to prevail.
تفسير ابن كثير
يخبر تعالى عن الأمم الماضية أن أكثرهم كانوا ضالين يجعلون مع الله آلهة أخرى .
تفسير الجلالين
"ولقد ضل قبلهم أكثر الأولين" من الأمم الماضية
تفسير القرطبي
أي من الأمم الماضية .
إعراب — grammatical analysis
«وَلَقَدْ» الواو حرف عطف اللام جواب القسم المحذوف وقد حرف تحقيق «ضَلَّ» ماض «قَبْلَهُمْ» ظرف «أَكْثَرُ» فاعل ضل «الْأَوَّلِينَ» مضاف إليه مجرور بالياء