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Surah 30. Ar-Rum, Ayah 42

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قُلْ سِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّشْرِكِينَ
Qul seeroo fee alar d i fa o n th uroo kayfa k a na AA a qibatu alla th eena min qablu k a na aktharuhum mushrikeen a
Say: "Go all over the earth, and behold what! happened in the end to those [sinners] who lived before [you]: most of them were wont to ascribe divine qualities to things or beings other than God "40
  - Mohammad Asad

I.e., they worshipped material comfort and power, and thus lost sight of all spiritual values and, in the end, destroyed themselves.

O Prophet, tell them: "Travel through the earth and see what was the end of those who have passed away before you: most of them were mushrikin (worshipped other gods besides Allah)".
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Say, 'O Prophet,' 'Travel throughout the land and see what was the end of those 'destroyed' before 'you'- most of them were polytheists.'
  - Mustafa Khattab
Say (O Muhammad, to the disbelievers): Travel in the land, and see the nature of the consequence for those who were before you! Most of them were idolaters.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
Say: "Travel through the earth and see what was the End of those before (you): most of them worshipped others besides Allah." 3558
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

If you contemplate history and past experience (including spiritual experience), you will find that evil and corruption tended to destroy themselves, because they had false idols for worship, false standards of conduct, and false goals of desire.

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