﴿ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ سُنَنٌۭ فَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴾

“[MANY] WAYS of life have passed away before your time. Go, then, about the earth and behold what happened in the end to those who gave the lie to the truth:”

Ways of life have passed away before you; so travel in the land and behold how was the end of those who denied. This is an exposition for mankind and a guidance and an admonition for such as are God-fearing. It means �Take heed from those who came before. Consider how We acted with those who showed friendship and how We took revenge on those who showed enmity.� This is an exposition for mankind: an exposition to some people through rational proofs adillat al-ʿuqūl to others through unveilings of hearts mukāshafāt al-qulūb and to others through the self-disclosure of the Real in the innermost selves tajallī l-ḥaqq fī l-asrār.