| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Baqarah Verse 21 (2:21:10) | قَبْلِكُمْ | قبلكم | kablikum | before you | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O ye people! Adore your Guardian-Lord, who created you and those who came before you, that ye may have the chance to learn righteous(40);* | |||||
| 2 | Al-Baqarah Verse 183 (2:183:13) | قَبْلِكُمْ | قبلكم | kablikum | before you | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed(188) to those before you, that ye may (learn) self-restraint,-* | |||||
| 3 | Al-Baqarah Verse 214 (2:214:12) | قَبْلِكُمْۜ | قبلكم | kablikum | before you | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Or do ye think that ye shall enter the Garden (of bliss) without such (trials) as came to those who passed away before you? they encountered suffering and adversity, and were so shaken in spirit that even the Messenger and those of faith who were with him cried: "When (will come) the help of Allah." Ah! Verily, the help of Allah is (always) near! | |||||
| 4 | Ali 'Imran Verse 137 (3:137:4) | قَبْلِكُمْ | قبلكم | kablikum | before you | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Many were the Ways of Life(456) that have passed away before you: travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who rejected Truth.* | |||||
| 5 | Ali 'Imran Verse 186 (3:186:11) | قَبْلِكُمْ | قبلكم | kablikum | before you | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Ye shall certainly be tried and tested in your possessions and in your personal selves;(493) and ye shall certainly Hear much that will grieve you, from those who received the Book before you and from those who worship many gods. But if ye persevere patiently, and guard against evil,-then that will be a determining factor in all affairs.* | |||||
| 6 | An-Nisa Verse 26 (4:26:9) | قَبْلِكُمْ | قبلكم | kablikum | before you | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Allah doth wish to make clear to you and to show you the ordinances of those before you; and (He doth wish to) turn to you (In Mercy): And Allah is All-knowing, All-wise. | |||||
| 7 | An-Nisa Verse 131 (4:131:14) | قَبْلِكُمْ | قبلكم | kablikum | before you | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | To Allah belong all things in the heavens and on earth.(640) Verily we have directed the People of the Book before you, and you (o Muslims) to fear Allah. But if ye deny Him, lo! unto Allah belong all things in the heavens and on earth, and Allah is free of all wants, worthy(641) of all praise.* | |||||
| 8 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 5 (5:5:23) | قَبْلِكُمْ | قبلكم | kablikum | before you | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | This day are (all) things good and pure made lawful unto you. The food of the People of the Book(699) is lawful unto you and yours is lawful unto them. (Lawful unto you in marriage) are (not only) chaste women who are believers, but chaste women among the People of the Book,(700) revealed before your time,- when ye give them their due dowers, and desire chastity, not lewdness, nor secret intrigues if any one rejects faith,(701) fruitless is his work, and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who have lost (all spiritual good).* | |||||
| 9 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 57 (5:57:17) | قَبْلِكُمْ | قبلكم | kablikum | before you | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O ye who believe! take not for friends and protectors those who take your religion for a mockery or sport- (768) whether among those who received the Scripture before you, or among those who reject Faith; but fear ye Allah, if ye have faith (indeed).* | |||||
| 10 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 102 (5:102:5) | قَبْلِكُمْ | قبلكم | kablikum | before you | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Some people before you did ask such questions,(808) and on that account lost their faith.* | |||||
| 11 | Al-A'raf Verse 38 (7:38:8) | قَبْلِكُمْ | قبلكم | kablikum | before you | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | He will say: "Enter ye in the company of the peoples who passed away before you - men and jinns, - into the Fire." Every time a new people enters, it curses its sister-people (that went before), until they follow each other, all into the Fire. Saith the last about the first: "Our Lord! it is these that misled us: so give them a double penalty in the Fire." He will say: "Doubled(1019) for all" : but this ye do not understand.* | |||||
| 12 | At-Tawbah Verse 69 (9:69:0) | قَبْلِكُمْ | قبلكم | kablikum | before you | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | As in the case of those before you: they were mightier than you in power, and more flourishing in wealth and children. They had their enjoyment of their portion: and ye have of yours, as did those before you; and ye indulge in idle talk as they did. They!- their work are fruitless in this world and in the Hereafter, and they will lose (all spiritual good). | |||||
| 13 | At-Tawbah Verse 69 (9:69:0) | قَبْلِكُمْ | قبلكم | kablikum | before you | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | As in the case of those before you: they were mightier than you in power, and more flourishing in wealth and children. They had their enjoyment of their portion: and ye have of yours, as did those before you; and ye indulge in idle talk as they did. They!- their work are fruitless in this world and in the Hereafter, and they will lose (all spiritual good). | |||||
| 14 | Yunus Verse 13 (10:13:0) | قَبْلِكُمْ | قبلكم | kablikum | before you | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Generations before you We destroyed when they did wrong: their messengers came to them with clearsigns, but they would not believe! thus do We requite those who sin! | |||||
| 15 | Hud Verse 116 (11:116:6) | قَبْلِكُمْ | قبلكم | kablikum | before you | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Why were there not, among the generations before you, persons possessed of balanced(1619) good sense, prohibiting (men) from mischief in the earth - except a few among them whom We saved (from harm)?(1620) But the wrong-doers pursued the enjoyment of the good things of life which were given them, and persisted in sin.* | |||||
| 16 | Ibrahim Verse 9 (14:9:6) | قَبْلِكُمْ | قبلكم | kablikum | (were) before you | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Has not the story reached you, (O people!), of those who (went) before you? - of the people of Noah, and ´Ad, and Thamud? - And of those who (came) after them? None knows them(1882) but Allah. To them came messengers with Clear (Signs); but they put their hands(1883) up to their mouths, and said: "We do deny (the mission) on which ye have been sent, and we are really in suspicious (disquieting) doubt(1884) as to that to which ye invite us."* | |||||
| 17 | An-Nur Verse 34 (24:34:11) | قَبْلِكُمْ | قبلكم | kablikum | before you | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | We have already sent down to you verses making things clear, an illustration from (the story of) people who passed away before you, and an admonition for those who fear (Allah).(2995)* | |||||
| 18 | Al-'Ankabut Verse 18 (29:18:7) | قَبْلِكُمْۜ | قبلكم | kablikum | before you | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "And if ye reject (the Message), so did generations before you: and the duty of the messenger is only to preach publicly (and clearly)." | |||||