Surah Ali 'Imran (آل عمران) • Family of Imran

Quran 3:137

3:137

قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ سُنَنٌ فَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

qad khalat min qablikum sunanun fasīrū fī l-arḍi fa-unẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-mukadhibīna

Similar situations [as yours] have passed on before you, so proceed throughout the earth and observe how was the end of those who denied.

— Saheeh International

God’s ways have operated before your time: travel through the land, and see what was the end of those who disbelieved.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Many similar ways (and mishaps of life) were faced by nations (believers and disbelievers) that have passed away before you (as you have faced in the battle of Uhud), so travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who disbelieved (in the Oneness of Allâh, and disobeyed Him and His Messengers).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

قَدْqadVerily
خَلَتْkhalatpassed
مِنminfrom
قَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you
سُنَنٌۭsunanunsituations
فَسِيرُوا۟fasīrūthen travel
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
فَٱنظُرُوا۟fa-unẓurūand see
كَيْفَkayfahow
كَانَkānawas
عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end
ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَl-mukadhibīna(of) the deniers