وَمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ اِلَّا رِجَالًا نُوحٖٓی اِلَیْهِمْ مِنْ اَهْلِ الْقُرٰىؕ اَفَلَمْ یَسٖیرُوا فِی الْاَرْضِ فَیَنْظُرُوا كَیْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذٖینَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْؕ وَلَدَارُ الْاٰخِرَةِ خَیْرٌ لِلَّذٖینَ اتَّقَوْاؕ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
Wama arsalna min qablika illa rijalan noohee ilayhim min ahli alqura afalam yaseeroo fee alardi fayanthuroo kayfa kana AAaqibatu allatheena min qablihim waladaru alakhirati khayrun lillatheena ittaqaw afala taAAqiloona
Translations
And We sent not before you [as messengers] except men to whom We revealed from among the people of cities. So have they not traveled through the earth and observed how was the end of those before them? And the home of the Hereafter is best for those who fear Allah; then will you not reason
Saheeh International
We sent not before thee (any messengers) save men whom We inspired from among the folk of the townships - Have they not travelled in the land and seen the nature of the consequence for those who were before them? And verily the abode of the Hereafter, for those who ward off (evil), is best. Have ye then no sense
Marmaduke Pickthall