The Holy Quran 20:128 — Surah Taha

Arabic text

أَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِى مَسَـٰكِنِهِمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰ

Translation

Were they (the Kuffaar) not guided by the fact that We destroyed many nations before them, in whose localities (in the ruins of whose cities) they now walk (can they not see that they may be destroyed for committing kufr just as those people were destroyed)? There are definitely Aayaat (denoting Allaah's might) in this for the intelligent ones.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

A lesson from history: that is, if they do not believe in the punishment that will come in the Hereafter, do they not even take a lesson from historical events? Around these very people of Makkah, how many nations have already been destroyed on account of their disbelief and transgression!

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