أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ كَانُوٓا۟ أَكْثَرَ مِنْهُمْ وَأَشَدَّ قُوَّةًۭ وَءَاثَارًۭا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
Translation
Sahih International
Have they not traveled through the land and observed how was the end of those before them? They were more numerous than themselves and greater in strength and in impression on the land, but they were not availed by what they used to earn.
Word-by-Word Translation
أَفَلَمْ
Do they not
يَسِيرُوا۟
travel
فِى
through
ٱلْأَرْضِ
the land
فَيَنظُرُوا۟
and see
كَيْفَ
how
كَانَ
was
عَـٰقِبَةُ
(the) end
ٱلَّذِينَ
(of) those who
مِن
(were) before them
قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ
(were) before them
كَانُوٓا۟
They were
أَكْثَرَ
more numerous
مِنْهُمْ
than them
وَأَشَدَّ
and mightier
قُوَّةًۭ
(in) strength
وَءَاثَارًۭا
and impressions
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
the land
فَمَآ
but not
أَغْنَىٰ
availed
عَنْهُم
them
مَّا
what
كَانُوا۟
they used to
يَكْسِبُونَ
earn
٨٢
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