۞ أَوَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا۟ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةًۭ وَءَاثَارًۭا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَاقٍۢ
How to read it
'awalam' yassīrū fī l-'ar'ḍi fayanẓurū kay'fa kāna ʻāqibatu -lladhīna kānū min qab'lihim' . kānū hum' 'ashadda min'hum' quwatan wa'āthāran fī l-'ar'ḍi fa'akhadhahumu -llahu bidhunūbihim' wamā kāna lahum mmina -llahi min wāqin
Do they not travel through the earth and see what was the End of those before them? They were even superior to them in strength, and in the traces (they have left) in the land: but Allah did call them to account for their sins, and none had they to defend them against Allah.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
