Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 56
فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ سَلَفًۭا وَمَثَلًۭا لِّلْءَاخِرِينَ
And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples.
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(And We made them a thing past) by means of the punishment, (and an example) and a lesson (for those after (them)) for those who remained after them.
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
And We made them a thing past salaf is the plural of sālif similar in pattern to khādim khadam that is to say a precedent as a lesson and an example for others after them that they posterity might take their predicament as a lesson and so not engage in actions similar to theirs.