Surah Ghafir, ayah 21
۞ أَوَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا۟ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً وَءَاثَارًا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَاقٍ
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.
Ghafir · 40:21
Word by word
- ۞ أَوَلَمْawalamDo not
- يَسِيرُوا۟yasīrūthey travel
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- فَيَنظُرُوا۟fayanẓurūand see
- كَيْفَkayfahow
- كَانَkānawas
- عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
- كَانُوا۟kānūwere
- مِنminbefore them
- قَبْلِهِمْ ۚqablihimbefore them
- كَانُوا۟kānūThey were
- هُمْhum[they]
- أَشَدَّashaddasuperior
- مِنْهُمْmin'humto them
- قُوَّةًۭquwwatan(in) strength
- وَءَاثَارًۭاwaāthāranand (in) impressions
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
- فَأَخَذَهُمُfa-akhadhahumubut Allah seized them
- ٱللَّهُl-lahubut Allah seized them
- بِذُنُوبِهِمْbidhunūbihimfor their sins
- وَمَاwamāand not
- كَانَkānawas
- لَهُمlahumfor them
- مِّنَminaagainst
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- مِنminany
- وَاقٍۢwāqinprotector
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