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Muhammad 10

Ayah 10 of 38 · Medinan

۞ أَفَلَمۡ يَسِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَيَنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۖ دَمَّرَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡهِمۡۖ وَلِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَمۡثَٰلُهَا ١٠

Have they not traveled through the land and seen how was the end of those before them? Allāh destroyed [everything] over them,1 and for the disbelievers is something comparable.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., destroyed them and all they owned.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ أَفَلَمۡDo notafalam
  2. يَسِيرُواْthey travelyasīrū
  3. فِيinfī
  4. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  5. فَيَنظُرُواْand seefayanẓurū
  6. كَيۡفَhowkayfa
  7. كَانَwaskāna
  8. عَٰقِبَةُ(the) endʿāqibatu
  9. ٱلَّذِينَ(of) thosealladhīna
  10. مِنbefore themmin
  11. قَبۡلِهِمۡۖbefore themqablihim
  12. دَمَّرَAllah destroyeddammara
  13. ٱللَّهُAllah destroyedl-lahu
  14. عَلَيۡهِمۡۖ[over] themʿalayhim
  15. وَلِلۡكَٰفِرِينَand for the disbelieverswalil'kāfirīna
  16. أَمۡثَٰلُهَاits likenessamthāluhā

Tafsir

Have these deniers not travelled the earth and reflected over what was the end of those who had denied before them. It was a painful end. Allah destroyed their homes above them and destroyed them as well as their children and wealth. Disbelievers in every time and place will receive similar punishment.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran