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,