Surah Ar-Rum, ayah 9
أَوَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ كَانُوٓا۟ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً وَأَثَارُوا۟ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَعَمَرُوهَآ أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا عَمَرُوهَا وَجَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ ۖ فَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ
Have they not traveled through the earth and observed how was the end of those before them? They were greater than them in power, and they plowed [or excavated] the earth and built it up more than they [i.e., the Makkans] have built it up, and their messengers came to them with clear evidences. And Allāh would not ever have wronged them, but they were wronging themselves.
Word by word
- أَوَلَمْawalamHave not
- يَسِيرُوا۟yasīrūthey traveled
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- فَيَنظُرُوا۟fayanẓurūand observed
- كَيْفَkayfahow
- كَانَkānawas
- عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those
- مِنminbefore them
- قَبْلِهِمْ ۚqablihimbefore them
- كَانُوٓا۟kānūThey were
- أَشَدَّashaddamightier
- مِنْهُمْmin'humthan them
- قُوَّةًۭquwwatan(in) strength
- وَأَثَارُوا۟wa-athārūand they dug
- ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
- وَعَمَرُوهَآwaʿamarūhāand built (on) it
- أَكْثَرَaktharamore
- مِمَّاmimmāthan what
- عَمَرُوهَاʿamarūhāthey have built (on) it
- وَجَآءَتْهُمْwajāathumAnd came (to) them
- رُسُلُهُمrusuluhumtheir Messengers
- بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ ۖbil-bayinātiwith clear proofs
- فَمَاfamāSo not
- كَانَkānawas
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- لِيَظْلِمَهُمْliyaẓlimahumto wrong them
- وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
- كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey were
- أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
- يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūna(doing) wrong
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