Ghafir 40:82 افلم يسيروا في الارض فينظروا كيف كان عاقبة الذين من قبلهم كانوا اكثر منهم واشد قوة واثارا في الارض فما اغنى عنهم ما كانوا يكسبون ٨٢
أَفَلَمۡ
يَسِيرُواْ
فِي
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
فَيَنظُرُواْ
كَيۡفَ
كَانَ
عَٰقِبَةُ
ٱلَّذِينَ
مِن
قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ
كَانُوٓاْ
أَكۡثَرَ
مِنۡهُمۡ
وَأَشَدَّ
قُوَّةٗ
وَءَاثَارٗا
فِي
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
فَمَآ
أَغۡنَىٰ
عَنۡهُم
مَّا
كَانُواْ
يَكۡسِبُونَ
٨٢
Have they not traveled through the earth and seen how was the fate of those before them? Most of them were more in numbers than these, and superior in vigor and vestiges left on the earth. So then, whatever they used to earn did not work for them at all.
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