Quran 3:137 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 137
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God’s ways have operated before your time: travel through the land, and see what was the end of those who disbelieved.
قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ سُنَنٌ فَسِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَانْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ
qad khalat min qablikum sunanun fasīrū fī l-arḍi fa-unẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-mukadhibīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Divers institutions have passed away before you; journey in the land, and behold how was the end of those that cried lies.
- Muhammad Asad
- [MANY] WAYS of life have passed away before your time. Go, then, about the earth and behold what happened in the end to those who gave the lie to the truth:
- Sahih International
- Similar situations [as yours] have passed on before you, so proceed throughout the earth and observe how was the end of those who denied.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَدْqad | Verily | — |
| 2 | خَلَتْkhalat | passed | خلو |
| 3 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 4 | قَبْلِكُمْqablikum | before you | قبل |
| 5 | سُنَنٌۭsunanun | situations | سنن |
| 6 | فَسِيرُوا۟fasīrū | then travel | سير |
| 7 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 8 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 9 | فَٱنظُرُوا۟fa-unẓurū | and see | نظر |
| 10 | كَيْفَkayfa | how | كيف |
| 11 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 12 | عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu | (the) end | عقب |
| 13 | ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَl-mukadhibīna | (of) the deniers | كذب |