Surah Al-Anbya — Verse 6

The Prophets · 21:6 · 6/112

مَآ ءَامَنَتْ قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَآ ۖ أَفَهُمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Ma amanat qablahum min qaryatinahlaknaha afahum yu'minoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Not a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them, so will they believe?

But of the communities We destroyed before them not a single one believed. Will these now believe?

Not a township believed of those which We destroyed before them (though We sent them portents): would they then believe?

(As to those) before them, not one of the populations which We destroyed believed: will these believe?

Not a single town from those whom We destroyed came to believe before them. So, will they believe?

Not one of the towns (populations), of those which We destroyed, believed before them (though We sent them signs): will they then believe?

Not one township that We destroyed before them believed. Would they, then, believe?

Not one of the communities that We destroyed in bygone times would ever believe [their prophets]: will these, then, [be more willing to] believe?

Not a single town We destroyed before them had believed[2]. Will they then believe?

Notes

[2] Although they witnessed signs and miracles.

(6) Not a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them,[872] so will they believe?

Notes

[872]- Even though they had witnessed signs and miracles.

6. Not one of the towns (populations), of those which We destroyed, believed before them (though We sent them signs): will they then believe?