Popular Translations
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.”
Arthur John Arberry
Say: 'Journey in the land, then behold how was the end of those that were before; most of them were idolaters.
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Say: "Travel through the earth and see what was the end of those before (you): Most of them worshipped others besides Allah."
Arabic
قُلۡ سِیرُوا۟ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَیۡفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِینَ مِن قَبۡلُۚ كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّشۡرِكِینَ ٤٢
Transliteration (2021)
qul sīrū fī l-arḍi fa-unẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu alladhīna min qablu kāna aktharuhum mush'rikīn