أَوَلَمْ Have not يَسِيرُوا۟ they traveled فِى in ٱلْأَرْضِ the earth فَيَنظُرُوا۟ and observed كَيْفَ how كَانَ was عَـٰقِبَةُ (the) end ٱلَّذِينَ (of) those مِن before them قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ before them كَانُوٓا۟ They were أَشَدَّ mightier مِنْهُمْ than them قُوَّةًۭ (in) strength وَأَثَارُوا۟ and they dug ٱلْأَرْضَ the earth وَعَمَرُوهَآ and built (on) it أَكْثَرَ more مِمَّا than what عَمَرُوهَا they have built (on) it وَجَآءَتْهُمْ And came (to) them رُسُلُهُم their Messengers بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ ۖ with clear proofs فَمَا So not كَانَ was ٱللَّهُ Allah لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ to wrong them وَلَـٰكِن but كَانُوٓا۟ they were أَنفُسَهُمْ themselves يَظْلِمُونَ (doing) wrong ٩
Have they not traveled through the earth and observed how was the end of those before them? They were greater than them in power, and they plowed [or excavated] the earth and built it up more than they [i.e., the Makkans] have built it up, and their messengers came to them with clear evidences. And Allāh would not ever have wronged them, but they were wronging themselves.
— Come To Light