Ghafir 40:21 ۞ اولم يسيروا في الارض فينظروا كيف كان عاقبة الذين كانوا من قبلهم كانوا هم اشد منهم قوة واثارا في الارض فاخذهم الله بذنوبهم وما كان لهم من الله من واق ٢١
۞ 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 travelled in the land and seen what was the end of those who were before them? They were superior to them in strength, and in the traces (which they left) in the land. But Allâh seized them with punishment for their sins. And none had they to protect them from Allâh.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Severe Punishment for the Disbelievers
أَوَلَمْ يَسيرُواْ
(Have they not traveled), `these people who disbelieve in your Message, O Muhammad,'
فِى الاٌّرْضِ فَيَنظُرُواْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـقِبَةُ الَّذِينَ كَانُواْ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ
(in the land and seen what was the end of those who were before them) mea
…The Severe Punishment for the Disbelievers
أَوَلَمْ يَسيرُواْ
(Have they not traveled), `these people who disbelieve in your Message, O Muhammad,'
فِى ال
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