ظَهَرَ Has appeared ẓahara the corruption l-fasādu in fī the land l-bari and the sea wal-baḥri for what bimā have earned kasabat (the) hands aydī (of) people l-nāsi so that He may let them taste liyudhīqahum a part baʿḍa (of) that which alladhī they have done ʿamilū so that they may laʿallahum return yarjiʿūna
Corruption has appeared throughout the land and sea by [reason of] what the hands of people have earned so He [i.e., Allāh] may let them taste part of [the consequence of] what they have done that perhaps they will return [to righteousness].
قُلْ Say qul Travel sīrū in fī the earth l-arḍi and see fa-unẓurū how kayfa was kāna (the) end ʿāqibatu (of) those who alladhīna (were) before min (were) before qablu Most of them were kāna Most of them were aktharuhum polytheists mush'rikīna
Say, [O Muḥammad], "Travel through the land and observe how was the end of those before. Most of them were associators [of others with Allāh].