Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Waaqia, Ayah 13

ثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

A [large] company of the former peoples

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

a multitude from the former generations thullatun mina’l-awwalīna the subject that is to say a group of individuals from communities of old

Scholars offer complementary perspectives

(A multitude of those of old) a group of people from the earlier nations before the community of Muhammad (pbuh)

The young should salute the old, the one who is passing by should salute the one who is sitting, and a small company should salute a large one.