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Muhammad 47:10

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۞ أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ دَمَّرَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ وَلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمْثَـٰلُهَا

Have they not traveled through the land and seen how was the end of those before them? Allāh destroyed [everything] over them, and for the disbelievers is something comparable.

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يقول تعالى : ( أفلم يسيروا ) يعني : المشركين بالله المكذبين لرسوله ( في الأرض فينظروا كيف كان عاقبة الذين من قبلهم دمر الله عليهم ) أي : عاقبهم بتكذيبهم وكفرهم ، أي : ونجى المؤمنين من بين أظهرهم ; ولهذا قال : ( وللكافرين أمثالها )

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