وَاضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلًا أَصْحَابَ الْقَرْيَةِ إِذْ جَاءَهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ
Waidrib lahum mathalan as-haba alqaryati ith jaaha almursaloona
And set forth to them an example (of the) companions (of) the city, when came to it the Messengers,
AND SET FORTH unto them a parable - [the story of how] the people of a township [behaved] when [Our] message-bearers came unto them.
Set forth to them, by way of a parable, the (story of) the Companions of the City. Behold!, there came apostles to it.
Coin for them a similitude: The people of the city when those sent (from Allah) came unto them;
And set out to them a parable of the people of the town, when apostles came to it.
And present to them an example: the people of the city, when the messengers came to it -