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Ghafir 21

Ayah 21 of 85 · Meccan

۞ أَوَلَمۡ يَسِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَيَنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُواْ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ كَانُواْ هُمۡ أَشَدَّ مِنۡهُمۡ قُوَّةٗ وَءَاثَارٗا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمۡ وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَاقٖ ٢١

Have they not traveled through the land and observed how was the end of those who were before them? They were greater than them in strength and in impression on the land, but Allāh seized them for their sins. And they had not from Allāh any protector.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ أَوَلَمۡDo notawalam
  2. يَسِيرُواْthey travelyasīrū
  3. فِيinfī
  4. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  5. فَيَنظُرُواْand seefayanẓurū
  6. كَيۡفَhowkayfa
  7. كَانَwaskāna
  8. عَٰقِبَةُ(the) endʿāqibatu
  9. ٱلَّذِينَ(of) those whoalladhīna
  10. كَانُواْwerekānū
  11. مِنbefore themmin
  12. قَبۡلِهِمۡۚbefore themqablihim
  13. كَانُواْThey werekānū
  14. هُمۡ[they]hum
  15. أَشَدَّsuperiorashadda
  16. مِنۡهُمۡto themmin'hum
  17. قُوَّةٗ(in) strengthquwwatan
  18. وَءَاثَارٗاand (in) impressionswaāthāran
  19. فِيinfī
  20. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe landl-arḍi
  21. فَأَخَذَهُمُbut Allah seized themfa-akhadhahumu
  22. ٱللَّهُbut Allah seized theml-lahu
  23. بِذُنُوبِهِمۡfor their sinsbidhunūbihim
  24. وَمَاand notwamā
  25. كَانَwaskāna
  26. لَهُمfor themlahum
  27. مِّنَagainstmina
  28. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  29. مِنanymin
  30. وَاقٖprotectorwāqin

Tafsir

Have these idolaters not travelled on earth, so that they can ponder how the outcome was of the nations before them who denied, as it was a bad end? Those nations were stronger than they are, and they left an impression on earth by buildings which these people have not left, but Allah destroyed them because of their sins, and they had nobody to protect them from the punishment of Allah.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran