وَلَقَدْ And certainly walaqad We sent baʿathnā into fī every kulli nation ummatin a Messenger rasūlan that ani Worship uʿ'budū Allah l-laha and avoid wa-ij'tanibū the false deities l-ṭāghūta Then among them famin'hum (were some) whom man Allah guided hadā Allah guided l-lahu and among them wamin'hum (were) some man was justified ḥaqqat on them ʿalayhi the straying l-ḍalālatu So travel fasīrū in fī the earth l-arḍi and see fa-unẓurū how kayfa was kāna the end ʿāqibatu (of) the deniers l-mukadhibīna
And We certainly sent into every nation a messenger, [saying], "Worship Allāh and avoid ṭāghūt."1 And among them were those whom Allāh guided, and among them were those upon whom error was [deservedly] decreed. So proceed [i.e., travel] through the earth and observe how was the end of the deniers.