سورة الاٴنبیَاء

Surah Al-Anbiyâ’ 21:6

The Prophets · Verse 6 of 112

مَا آمَنَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَاهَا ۖ أَفَهُمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

(Whereas) before them no people of a township whom We destroyed had ever believed. Would they then believe (to escape destruction).

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

Not one habitation that We destroyed before them had believed. So how can they believe?

12 more translations

Not one of the peoples before them that We destroyed believed (even though the Messengers came to them with miracles). Will then these believe?

Not a city before them which We destroyed believed; will they then believe?

There is not a township before them which did not believe which We have not destroyed; so will they believe?

Not a town believed before them which We destroyed: will they then believe?

No township, before them, which WE destroyed, ever believed. Would they then believe?

Not one of the communities that We destroyed in bygone times would ever believe [their prophets]: wilt these, then, [be more willing to] 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 a township believed of those which We destroyed before them (though We sent them portents): would they then believe?

The people of the town whom We had destroyed also had no faith. Will these people then believe in God?.

There did not believe before them any town which We destroyed, will they then believe?

We never annihilated a believing community in the past. Are these people believers?

Not one of the communities before them that We (Our law) destroyed, would ever believe (in their Messengers). Will these, then, believe?