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Ar-Rum 42

Ayah 42 of 60 · Meccan

قُلۡ سِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلُۚ كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّشۡرِكِينَ ٤٢

Say, [O Muḥammad], "Travel through the land and observe how was the end of those before. Most of them were associators [of others with Allāh].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلۡSayqul
  2. سِيرُواْTravelsīrū
  3. فِيinfī
  4. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  5. فَٱنظُرُواْand seefa-unẓurū
  6. كَيۡفَhowkayfa
  7. كَانَwaskāna
  8. عَٰقِبَةُ(the) endʿāqibatu
  9. ٱلَّذِينَ(of) those whoalladhīna
  10. مِن(were) beforemin
  11. قَبۡلُۚ(were) beforeqablu
  12. كَانَMost of them werekāna
  13. أَكۡثَرُهُمMost of them wereaktharuhum
  14. مُّشۡرِكِينَpolytheistsmush'rikīna

Tafsir

Say - O Messenger, to these idolaters: “Travel the earth and ponder over what the outcome of the rejecting nations before you was. Their outcome was an evil one; the majority of them would ascribe partners with Allah, worshipping others with Him, and they were destroyed because of it.”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran