The Forgiver
40. Ghāfir
غافر
Ghāfir (The Forgiver)
غَافِر
40:82
أَفَلَمْ
يَسِيرُوا
فِي
الْأَرْضِ
فَيَنظُرُوا
كَيْفَ
كَانَ
عَاقِبَةُ
الَّذِينَ
مِن
قَبْلِهِمْ
كَانُوا
أَكْثَرَ
مِنْهُمْ
وَأَشَدَّ
قُوَّةً
وَآثَارًا
فِي
الْأَرْضِ
فَمَا
أَغْنَى
عَنْهُم
مَّا
كَانُوا
يَكْسِبُونَ
ʾa-fa-lam yasīrū fī l-ʾarḍi fa-yanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu lladhīna min qablihim kānū ʾakthara minhum wa-ʾashadda quwwatan wa-ʾāthāran fī l-ʾarḍi fa-mā ʾaghnā ʿanhum mā kānū yaksibūna
Have they not travelled through the land to see the terrible end of those who lived before them? They were far mightier in both number and power and in what they had established. Their (worldly) gains were of no benefit to them.
