Quran 30:42 — Ar-Room, verse 42
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘Travel through the land, and see how those before you met their end- most of them were idolaters.’
قُلْ سِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَانْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلُ ۚ كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُشْرِكِينَ
qul sīrū fī l-arḍi fa-unẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu alladhīna min qablu kāna aktharuhum mush'rikīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'Journey in the land, then behold how was the end of those that were before; most of them were idolaters.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: “Go all over the earth, and behold what happened in the end to those [sinners] who lived before [you]: most of them were wont to ascribe divine qualities to things or beings other than God.”
- Sahih International
- 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].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | سِيرُوا۟sīrū | Travel | سير |
| 3 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 4 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 5 | فَٱنظُرُوا۟fa-unẓurū | and see | نظر |
| 6 | كَيْفَkayfa | how | كيف |
| 7 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 8 | عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu | (the) end | عقب |
| 9 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (of) those who | — |
| 10 | مِنmin | (were) before | — |
| 11 | قَبْلُ ۚqablu | (were) before | قبل |
| 12 | كَانَkāna | Most of them were | كون |
| 13 | أَكْثَرُهُمaktharuhum | Most of them were | كثر |
| 14 | مُّشْرِكِينَmush'rikīna | polytheists | شرك |