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قُلْ سِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّشْرِكِينَ﴿٤٢

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, [O Muhammad], "Travel through the land and observe how was the end of those before. Most of them were associators [of others with Allah].

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
سِيرُوا۟sīrūTravel
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
فَٱنظُرُوا۟fa-unẓurūand see
كَيْفَkayfahow
كَانَkānawas
عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
مِنmin(were) before
قَبْلُ ۚqablu(were) before
كَانَkānaMost of them were
أَكْثَرُهُمaktharuhumMost of them were
مُّشْرِكِينَmush'rikīnapolytheists

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Effects of Sin in this WorldIbn `Abbas, `Ikrimah, Ad-Dahhak, As-Suddi and others said: "What is meant by Al-Barr here is the empty land or wilderness, and by Al-Bahr is towns and cities." According to a report narrated from Ibn `Abbas and `Ikrimah, Al-Bahr refers to towns and cities which are on the banks of rivers. Others said that what was meant was the usual meaning of the words, i.e., land and sea.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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