Aal-i-Imraan 3:137
The Family of Imraan · ayah 137 of 200
قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ سُنَنٌۭ فَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Qad khalat min qablikum sunanun faseeroofee al-ardi fanthuroo kayfa kanaAAaqibatu almukaththibeen
"Similar situations [as yours] have passed on before you, so proceed throughout the earth and observe how was the end of those who denied."
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"God’s ways have operated before your time: travel through the land, and see what was the end of those who disbelieved."
Pickthall (classic)+
"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)."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"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."