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۞ أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ دَمَّرَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ وَلِلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْثَٰلُهَا﴿١٠﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

Have they not traveled through the land and seen how was the end of those before them? Allah destroyed [everything] over them, and for the disbelievers is something comparable.

Word-by-word meaning

۞ أَفَلَمْafalamDo not
يَسِيرُوا۟yasīrūthey travel
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
فَيَنظُرُوا۟fayanẓurūand see
كَيْفَkayfahow
كَانَkānawas
عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those
مِنminbefore them
قَبْلِهِمْ ۚqablihimbefore them
دَمَّرَdammaraAllah destroyed
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah destroyed
عَلَيْهِمْ ۖʿalayhim[over] them
وَلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَwalil'kāfirīnaand for the disbelievers
أَمْثَـٰلُهَاamthāluhāits likeness

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Admonition and Fire for the Disbelievers; Paradise for Those Who have TaqwaAllah says,أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُواْ(Have they not traveled) meaning, those who associate partners with Allah and deny His Messenger .

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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