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Surah Ar-Rum, verse 42: meaning and tafsir
قُلْ سِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّشْرِكِينَ ٤٢
Say, “Travel through the land and see how was the end of those who came before – most of them associated partners with Allah.”
Translation of the meanings: Rowwad Translation Center — version 1.0.19 · QuranEnc.com
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42. Say - O Messenger, to these idolaters: “Travel the earth and ponder over what the outcome of the rejecting nations before you was. Their outcome was an evil one; the majority of them would ascribe partners with Allah, worshipping others with Him, and they were destroyed because of it.”
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