ترجمة الآية 82 من سورة Ghafir - English - سورة غافر : عدد الآيات 85 - - الصفحة 476 - الجزء 24.
Have they not travelled through the earth and seen what was the end of those before them? They were more numerous than them and mightier in strength, and in the traces (they have left behind them) in the land, yet all that they used to earn availed them not.
Have they not traveled through the land and observed how was the end of those before them? They were more numerous than themselves and greater in strength and in impression on the land, but they were not availed by what they used to earn.
(40:82) Did *111 they not journey in the land that they may behold the end of those who had gone before them? They were more numerous and greater in strength and left behind more splendid traces in the land. Yet their attainments did not avail them.
*111) This is the con clusion to the discourse. While studying this please also keep in view vv. 4-5 and v. 21 of this Surah.