Surah As-Saffat — Verse 71
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وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Walaqad dalla qablahum aktharual-awwaleen
Verse recitation
Translations of this verse 7
Saheeh International
And there had already strayed before them most of the former peoples,
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
most men in the past went astray,
Marmaduke Pickthall
And verily most of the men of old went astray before them,
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And truly before them, many of the ancients went astray;-
Mufti Taqi Usmani
Most of the earlier ones (too) had gone astray before them.
Al-Hilali & Khan
And indeed most of the men of old went astray before them;
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
Before them a multitude of people of olden times had erred,