The Quran

سورة هُود

Surah Hûd 11:100

Hûd · Verse 100 of 123

ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنْبَاءِ الْقُرَىٰ نَقُصُّهُ عَلَيْكَ ۖ مِنْهَا قَائِمٌ وَحَصِيدٌ

Abdul Mannan Omar

That is a part of the important news of the (ruined) townships (of the past), We relate them to you. Some of these (cities) still exist while others have been mown down (and perished).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

These are some of the stories of communities which We relate unto thee: of them some are standing, and some have been mown down (by the sickle of time).

Ahmed Ali

These are a few accounts of settlements that We narrate to you. Some still survive, and some have been mowed down.

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Ali Unal

That is something of the accounts of some townships (that were destroyed in the past). We relate it to you (O Messenger). Among them are some still standing, and some extinct like a mown field.

Daryabadi

That is from the stories of the Cities which We recount unto thee: of them some are standing and some mown down.

Faridul Haque

These are the tidings of the townships, which We relate to you (O dear Prophet Mohammed - peace and blessings be upon him) - some of them still stand and some are cut off.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

This is an account of the towns which we relate to thee. Of them are some that stand and (others) mown down.

Maulvi Sher Ali

That is part of the tidings of the ruin cities, WE relate it to thee. Of them some are standing and some have been mowed down like the harvest.

Muhammad Asad

THIS ACCOUNT of the [fate of those ancient] communities - some of them still remaining, and some [extinct like] a field mown-down - We convey unto thee [as a lesson for mankind]

Muhammad Musin Khan

These are some of the news of the (population of) towns which We relate unto you (O Muhammad SAW); of them, some are standing, and some have been (already) reaped.

Muhammad Pickthall

That is (something) of the tidings of the townships (which were destroyed of old). We relate it unto thee (Muhammad). Some of them are standing and some (already) reaped.

Muhammad Sarwar

Such were the stories of the nations of the past which We tell to you, (Muhammad). Some of them were destroyed and some of them have survived.

Muhammed ali Shakir

This is an account of (the fate of) the towns which We relate to you; of them are some that stand and (others) mown down.

Rashad Khalifa

This is news from the past communities that we narrate to you. Some are still standing, and some have vanished.

Shabbir Ahmed

(O Messenger), this is news from only a few of the past communities that We narrate to you. Some of them are merely surviving and some have vanished.