As-Saaffaat • EN-TAFSIR-IBN-ABBAS
﴿ وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴾
“Thus, indeed, most of the people of old went astray before them,”
(And verily most of the men of old) of past generations, (went astray before them) before your folk, O Muhammad.