قُلْ سِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَانظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ
Say, ‘Travel over the land and observe how was the fate of the guilty.’
Agha Ali Puya Commentary
Commentary on Quran 27:69
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 27:69] Aqa Mahdi Puya says: "Travel" in this verse implies study of the history of nations to know the consequences of their theories, policies and actions. Imam Ali said: "O my son, although I have not lived with the people gone by but I have so closely studied their deeds, the events which took place, and the traditions and vestiges they have left behind, as if I have become one of them, as if I have lived with the first and the last of them." (Nahj al Balagha)