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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

An-Naml 27:69

Word by word

قُلْ سِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Say, [O Muḥammad], "Proceed [i.e., travel] through the land and observe how was the end of the criminals."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

قل -أيها الرسول- لهؤلاء المكذبين: سيروا في الأرض، فانظروا إلى ديار مَن كان قبلكم من المجرمين، كيف كان عاقبة المكذبين للرسل؟ أهلكهم الله بتكذيبهم، والله فاعل بكم مثلهم إن لم تؤمنوا.

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