The Quran

سورة الاٴنبیَاء

Surah Al-Anbiyâ’ 21:9

The Prophets · Verse 9 of 112

ثُمَّ صَدَقْنَاهُمُ الْوَعْدَ فَأَنْجَيْنَاهُمْ وَمَنْ نَشَاءُ وَأَهْلَكْنَا الْمُسْرِفِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

(We sent Our revelations to them) then We fulfilled the promise We made to them so that We delivered them, and those whom We pleased (beside them), and We destroyed the transgressors.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

In the end We fulfilled to them Our Promise, and We saved them and those whom We pleased, but We destroyed those who transgressed beyond bounds.

Ahmed Ali

Then We made Our promise good to them and delivered whomsoever We pleased, and destroyed the transgressors.

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Ali Unal

We promised them help and victory and We kept Our promise: We saved them and all whom We willed (and bound Ourselves to save – the believers), and We destroyed those who wasted their God-given faculties and committed excesses.

Daryabadi

Then We made good unto them the premise; so We delivered them and those whom We willed, and We destroyed the extravagant.

Faridul Haque

We then fulfilled the promise to them, therefore rescued them and whomever We willed, and destroyed the transgressors.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then We made Our promise good to them; so We delivered them and whom We pleased, and We destroyed the extravagant.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Then WE fulfilled to them Our promise; and WE saved them and those whom WE pleased; and WE destroyed the transgressors.

Muhammad Asad

In the end, We made good unto them Our promise, and We saved them and all whom We willed [to save], and We destroyed those who had wasted their own selves.

Muhammad Musin Khan

Then We fulfilled to them the promise, and We saved them and those whom We willed, but We destroyed Al-Musrifun (i.e. extravagants in oppression, polytheism and in sin).

Muhammad Pickthall

Then we fulfilled the promise unto them. So we delivered them and whom We would, and We destroyed the prodigals.

Muhammad Sarwar

Our promise to them came true and We saved them and those whom We wanted, but destroyed the unjust people.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Then We made Our promise good to them, so We delivered them and those whom We pleased, and We destroyed the ex

Rashad Khalifa

We fulfilled our promise to them; we saved them together with whomever we willed, and annihilated the transgressors.

Shabbir Ahmed

We always fulfilled Our promise to them. We saved them and all those who were worthy to be saved according to Our law and We destroyed those who had wasted their own “Self.”