The Forgiver
40. Ghāfir
غافر

al-Ghāfir (The Forgiver)

غَافِر

40:82
40:82

ʾa-fa-lam yasīrū l-ʾarḍi fa-yanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu lladhīna min qablihim kānū ʾakthara minhum wa-ʾashadda quwwatan wa-ʾāthāran l-ʾarḍi fa-mā ʾaghnā ʿanhum kānū yaksibūna

Have they not travelled over the land so that they may observe how was the fate of those who were before them? They were more numerous than them and were greater [than them] in power and with respect to the effects [they left] in the land. But what they used to earn did not avail them.

Ali Quli Qarai