Surah Yusuf, ayah 109
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًا نُّوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِم مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ ۗ أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۗ وَلَدَارُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
And We sent not before you [as messengers] except men to whom We revealed from among the people of cities. So have they not traveled through the earth and observed how was the end of those before them? And the home of the Hereafter is best for those who fear Allāh; then will you not reason?
Yusuf · 12:109
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- وَمَآwamāAnd not
- أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
- مِنminbefore you
- قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
- إِلَّاillābut
- رِجَالًۭاrijālanmen
- نُّوحِىٓnūḥīWe revealed
- إِلَيْهِمilayhimto them
- مِّنْminfrom (among)
- أَهْلِahli(the) people
- ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ ۗl-qurā(of) the townships
- أَفَلَمْafalamSo have not
- يَسِيرُوا۟yasīrūthey traveled
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- فَيَنظُرُوا۟fayanẓurūand seen
- كَيْفَkayfahow
- كَانَkānawas
- عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
- مِنmin(were) before them
- قَبْلِهِمْ ۗqablihim(were) before them
- وَلَدَارُwaladāruAnd surely the home
- ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhirati(of) the Hereafter
- خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) best
- لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
- ٱتَّقَوْا۟ ۗittaqawfear Allah
- أَفَلَاafalāThen will not
- تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou use reason
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