40:21 a walam yasiyruu fiyl arDi fa yanZuruu kayfa kaana ‘AAqibatul-ladhiyna kaanuu min qablihim* kaanuu hum ashad-da minhum quw-wataw wa aathaaran fiyl arDi fa akhadhahumul-laahu bi dhunuubihim wa maa kaana lahum minal-laahi miw waaq

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
So did they not travel in the land in order to see what sort of fate befell those before them? Their strength and the signs they left behind in the earth, exceeded them - so Allah seized them on account of their sins, and they had no one to save them from Allah.

Yusuf Ali:
Do they not travel through the earth and see what was the End of those before them? They were even superior to them in strength, and in the traces (they have left) in the land: but Allah did call them to account for their sins, and none had they to defend them against Allah.

Pickthal:
Have they not travelled in the land to see the nature of the consequence for those who disbelieved before them? They were mightier than these in power and (in the) traces (which they left behind them) in the earth. Yet Allah seized them for their sins, and they had no protector from Allah.