Muhammad 47:10
Muhammad · Medinan · Juz 26 · Page 507
Travel in the Land
۞أَفَلَمۡ يَسِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَيَنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۖ دَمَّرَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡهِمۡۖ وَلِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَمۡثَٰلُهَا ١٠
Have they not travelled in the land to see the nature of the consequence for those who were before them? Allah wiped them out. And for the disbelievers there will be the like thereof.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Have they not travelled through the land and seen how was the end of those before them?
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this is an invitation to learn from the past by studying the remains and ruins of vanished peoples.
Reflect
Take a lesson when you visit a historic place.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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