Surah Ar-Rum, Ayah 42 (30:42)

ٱلرُّوم

قُلْ سِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ كَانَ …

Quran 30:42 is ayah 42 of Surah Ar-Rum (“The Romans”), a Meccan surah of 60 ayahs. It is in Juz 21, on page 409 of the Madani Mushaf.

30:42
قُلْسِيرُوا۟فِىٱلْأَرْضِفَٱنظُرُوا۟كَيْفَكَانَعَٰقِبَةُٱلَّذِينَمِنقَبْلُ ۚكَانَأَكْثَرُهُممُّشْرِكِينَ٤٢
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].(42)

Word by word

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. سِيرُوا۟sīrūTravel
  3. فِىfīin
  4. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  5. فَٱنظُرُوا۟fa-unẓurūand see
  6. كَيْفَkayfahow
  7. كَانَkānawas
  8. عَٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end
  9. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
  10. مِنmin(were) before
  11. قَبْلُ ۚqablu(were) before
  12. كَانَkānaMost of them were
  13. أَكْثَرُهُمaktharuhumMost of them were
  14. مُّشْرِكِينَmush'rikīnapolytheists

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