Popular Translations
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
Arthur John Arberry
Divers institutions have passed away before you; journey in the land, and behold how was the end of those that cried lies
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Many were the Ways of Life that have passed away before you: travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who rejected Truth
Arabic
قَدۡ خَلَتۡ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ سُنَنࣱ فَسِیرُوا۟ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَیۡفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ١٣٧
Transliteration (2021)
qad khalat min qablikum sunanun fasīrū fī l-arḍi fa-unẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-mukadhibīn