Surah Ar-Rum (الروم) • The Romans

Quran 30:42

30:42

قُلْ سِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّشْرِكِينَ

qul sīrū fī l-arḍi fa-unẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu alladhīna min qablu kāna aktharuhum mush'rikīna

Say, [O Muḥammad], "Travel through the land and observe how was the end of those before. Most of them were associators [of others with Allāh].

— Saheeh International

Say, ‘Travel through the land, and see how those before you met their end- most of them were idolaters.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "Travel in the land and see what was the end of those before (you)! Most of them were Mushrikûn (polytheists, idolaters, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah)."

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

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Word by Word

قُلْqulSay
سِيرُوا۟sīrūTravel
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
فَٱنظُرُوا۟fa-unẓurūand see
كَيْفَkayfahow
كَانَkānawas
عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
مِنmin(were) before
قَبْلُۚqablu(were) before
كَانَkānaMost of them were
أَكْثَرُهُمaktharuhumMost of them were
مُّشْرِكِينَmush'rikīnapolytheists