Al-Quran 27:69 - Surah An-Naml Ayah #69 - English Translation

27:68

لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَٰذَا نَحْنُ وَآبَاؤُنَا مِنْ قَبْلُ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before. This is not but legends of the former peoples."

27:69

قُلْ سِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَانْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

Say, [O Muḥammad], "Proceed [i.e., travel] through the land and observe how was the end of the criminals."

27:70

وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا تَكُنْ فِي ضَيْقٍ مِمَّا يَمْكُرُونَ

And grieve not over them or be in distress from what they conspire.

27:71

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا الْوَعْدُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ

And they say, "When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?"

27:72

قُلْ عَسَىٰ أَنْ يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُمْ بَعْضُ الَّذِي تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

Say, "Perhaps it is close behind you [i.e., very near] - some of that for which you are impatient.

Surah An-Naml Ayahs #72 Translated in English