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Fatir (Originator)

Verse 44of 45

أَوَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَكَانُوٓا۟ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةًۭ ۚ وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيُعْجِزَهُۥ مِن شَىْءٍۢ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَلَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَلِيمًۭا قَدِيرًۭا﴿٤٤

Translation (Sahih International)

Have they not traveled through the land and observed how was the end of those before them? And they were greater than them in power. But Allah is not to be caused failure by anything in the heavens or on the earth. Indeed, He is ever Knowing and Competent.

Word-by-word meaning

أَوَلَمْawalamHave they not
يَسِيرُوا۟yasīrūtraveled
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
فَيَنظُرُوا۟fayanẓurūand seen
كَيْفَkayfahow
كَانَkānawas
عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
مِنmin(were) before them
قَبْلِهِمْqablihim(were) before them
وَكَانُوٓا۟wakānūAnd they were
أَشَدَّashaddastronger
مِنْهُمْmin'humthan them
قُوَّةًۭ ۚquwwatan(in) power
وَمَاwamāBut not
كَانَkānais
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
لِيُعْجِزَهُۥliyuʿ'jizahuthat can escape (from) Him
مِنminany
شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
فِىin
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
وَلَاwalāand not
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚl-arḍithe earth
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
كَانَkānais
عَلِيمًۭاʿalīmanAll-Knower
قَدِيرًۭاqadīranAll-Powerful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Remember the Bad Consequences of disbelieving in the ProphetsAllah says: `say, O Muhammad, to these people who disbelieve the Message you have brought: travel in the land and see what was the punishment of those who disbelieved the Messengers, how Allah destroyed them completely, and a similar (end awaits) the disbelievers.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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