وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًۭا نُّوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِم مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ ۗ أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۗ وَلَدَارُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ خَيْرٌۭ لِّلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
How to read it
Wa mā 'ar'salnā min qab'lika 'illā rijālan nnūḥī 'ilay'him mmin' 'ah'li l-qurā . 'afalam' yassīrū fī l-'ar'ḍi fayanẓurū kay'fa kāna ʻāqibatu -lladhīna min qab'lihim' . waladāru l-'ākhirati khay'run llilladhīna (i)ttaqaw' . 'afalā taʻ'qilūna
Nor did We send before thee (as messengers) any but men, whom we did inspire,- (men) living in human habitations. Do they not travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those before them? But the home of the hereafter is best, for those who do right. Will ye not then understand?
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
