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Ghafir 40:82

أَفَلَمۡ يَسِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَيَنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ كَانُوٓاْ أَكۡثَرَ مِنۡهُمۡ وَأَشَدَّ قُوَّةٗ وَءَاثَارٗا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَمَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ

Have they not travelled throughout the land to see what was the end of those who were ˹destroyed˺ before them? They were far superior in might and ˹richer in˺ monuments throughout the land, but their ˹worldly˺ gains were of no benefit to them.

Word by word

أَفَلَمۡ
afalam
Do they not
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يَسِيرُواْ
yasīrū
travel
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Root: سير
فِي
fī
through
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ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
l-arḍi
the land
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Root: ارض
فَيَنظُرُواْ
fayanẓurū
and see
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Root: نظر
كَيۡفَ
kayfa
how
Vocabulary
Root: كيف
كَانَ
kāna
was
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Root: كون
عَٰقِبَةُ
ʿāqibatu
(the) end
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Root: عقب
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(of) those who
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مِن
min
(were) before them
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قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ
qablihim
(were) before them
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Root: قبل
كَانُوٓاْ
kānū
They were
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Root: كون
أَكۡثَرَ
akthara
more numerous
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Root: كثر
مِنۡهُمۡ
min'hum
than them
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وَأَشَدَّ
wa-ashadda
and mightier
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Root: شدد
قُوَّةٗ
quwwatan
(in) strength
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Root: قوي
وَءَاثَارٗا
waāthāran
and impressions
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Root: اثر
فِي
fī
in
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ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
l-arḍi
the land
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Root: ارض
فَمَآ
famā
but not
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أَغۡنَىٰ
aghnā
availed
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Root: غني
عَنۡهُم
ʿanhum
them
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مَّا
mā
what
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كَانُواْ
kānū
they used (to)
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Root: كون
يَكۡسِبُونَ
yaksibūna
earn
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Root: كسب

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.