Surah Ghafir, ayah 82
أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ كَانُوٓا۟ أَكْثَرَ مِنْهُمْ وَأَشَدَّ قُوَّةً وَءَاثَارًا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
Have they not traveled through the land and observed how was the end of those before them? They were more numerous than themselves and greater in strength and in impression on the land, but they were not availed by what they used to earn.
Ghafir · 40:82
Word by word
- أَفَلَمْafalamDo they not
- يَسِيرُوا۟yasīrūtravel
- فِىfīthrough
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
- فَيَنظُرُوا۟fayanẓurūand see
- كَيْفَkayfahow
- كَانَkānawas
- عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
- مِنmin(were) before them
- قَبْلِهِمْ ۚqablihim(were) before them
- كَانُوٓا۟kānūThey were
- أَكْثَرَaktharamore numerous
- مِنْهُمْmin'humthan them
- وَأَشَدَّwa-ashaddaand mightier
- قُوَّةًۭquwwatan(in) strength
- وَءَاثَارًۭاwaāthāranand impressions
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
- فَمَآfamābut not
- أَغْنَىٰaghnāavailed
- عَنْهُمʿanhumthem
- مَّاmāwhat
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
- يَكْسِبُونَyaksibūnaearn
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