Surah Ar-Rum · Ayah 9

Meaning of Surah Ar-Rum, Ayah 9

Awa lam yaseeroo fee al-ardi fayanthurookayfa kana AAaqibatu allatheena min qablihimkanoo ashadda minhum quwwatan waatharoo al-ardawaAAamarooha akthara mimma AAamarooha wajaat-humrusuluhum bilbayyinati fama kana Allahuliyathlimahum walakin kanoo anfusahumyathlimoon

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1. أَوَلَمْawalamHave not
2. يَسِيرُوا۟yasīrūthey traveled
3. فِىfīin
4. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
5. فَيَنظُرُوا۟fayanẓurūand observed
6. كَيْفَkayfahow
7. كَانَkānawas
8. عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end
9. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those
10. مِنminbefore them
11. قَبْلِهِمْ ۚqablihimbefore them
12. كَانُوٓا۟kānūThey were
13. أَشَدَّashaddamightier
14. مِنْهُمْmin'humthan them
15. قُوَّةًۭquwwatan(in) strength
16. وَأَثَارُوا۟wa-athārūand they dug
17. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
18. وَعَمَرُوهَآwaʿamarūhāand built (on) it
19. أَكْثَرَaktharamore
20. مِمَّاmimmāthan what
21. عَمَرُوهَاʿamarūhāthey have built (on) it
22. وَجَآءَتْهُمْwajāathumAnd came (to) them
23. رُسُلُهُمrusuluhumtheir Messengers
24. بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ ۖbil-bayinātiwith clear proofs
25. فَمَاfamāSo not
26. كَانَkānawas
27. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
28. لِيَظْلِمَهُمْliyaẓlimahumto wrong them
29. وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
30. كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey were
31. أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
32. يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūna(doing) wrong