The Quran

سورة الاٴنبیَاء

Surah Al-Anbiyâ’ 21:11

The Prophets · Verse 11 of 112

وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً وَأَنْشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا آخَرِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And We have utterly destroyed many a wrong-doing people of townships, and We raised up another people after them.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

How many were the populations We utterly destroyed because of their iniquities, setting up in their places other peoples?

Ahmed Ali

How many habitations that were sinful have We demolished utterly, and raised other people after them.

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Ali Unal

How many a community that did the greatest wrong (by associating partners with God) and thereby wronged itself have We shattered, and raised up another people after them.

Daryabadi

And how many a city have We overthrown which were doing wrong, and We caused to grow up thereafter anot her nation!

Faridul Haque

And many a township did We destroy, for they were unjust, and We created other nations after them.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And how many a town which was iniquitous did We demolish, and We raised up after it another people!

Maulvi Sher Ali

And how many a township that acted wrongfully have WE utterly destroyed, and raised up after it another people.

Muhammad Asad

For, how many a community that persisted in evildoing have We dashed into fragments, and raised another people in its stead! (

Muhammad Musin Khan

How many a town (community), that were wrong- doers, have We destroyed, and raised up after them another people!

Muhammad Pickthall

How many a community that dealt unjustly have We shattered, and raised up after them another folk!

Muhammad Sarwar

How many unjust towns did We destroy and replace them with other nations?.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And how many a town which was iniquitous did We demolish, and We raised up after it another people!

Rashad Khalifa

Many a community we terminated because of their transgression, and we substituted other people in their place.

Shabbir Ahmed

How many were the communities that We dashed into fragments because they were unjust and We replaced them with other peoples!