Surah Ali 'Imran — Verse 137
Family of Imran · 3:137 · 137/200
قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ سُنَنٌ فَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Qad khalat min qablikum sunanun faseeroofee al-ardi fanthuroo kayfa kanaAAaqibatu almukaththibeen
Translations of this verse 11
Saheeh International
Similar situations [as yours] have passed on before you, so proceed throughout the earth and observe how was the end of those who denied.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
God’s ways have operated before your time: travel through the land, and see what was the end of those who disbelieved.
Marmaduke Pickthall
Systems have passed away before you. Do but travel in the land and see the nature of the consequence for those who did deny (the messengers).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Many were the Ways of Life that have passed away before you: travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who rejected Truth.
Mufti Taqi Usmani
Many patterns of behavior have passed before you. So, traverse the land and see what was the fate of those who rejected (the prophets).
Al-Hilali & Khan
Many similar ways (and mishaps of life) were faced by nations (believers and disbelievers) that have passed away before you (as you have faced in the battle of Uhud), so travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who disbelieved (in the Oneness of Allâh, and disobeyed Him and His Messengers).
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
Many eras have passed before you. Go about, then, in the land and behold the end of those who gave the lie to (the directives and ordinances of Allah).
Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an
[MANY] WAYS of life have passed away before your time. Go, then, about the earth and behold what happened in the end to those who gave the lie to the truth:
Rowwad · source edition
There were nations that passed before you; so travel through the land and see how was the end of the deniers[61].
Notes
[61] When the believers were tested by what happened to them on the day of ’Uhud, Allah Almighty said, consoling them, that there have been divine laws before you in testing our slaves through defeat and victory, but the outcome has always been destroying of the disbelievers and giving victory to the believers.
Noor International · source edition
(137) Similar situations [as yours] have passed on before you, so proceed throughout the earth and observe how was the end of those who denied.
Hilali and Khan · source edition
137. Many similar ways (and mishaps of life) were faced by nations (believers and disbelievers) that have passed away before you (as you have faced in the battle of Uhud), so travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who disbelieved (in the Oneness of Allâh, and disobeyed Him and His Messengers).