The Quran

سورة الشُّعَرَاء

Surah Al-Shu‘arâ’ 26:208

The Poets · Verse 208 of 227

وَمَا أَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنْذِرُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And never did We destroy (any people of) a township but it had (its) Warners;

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Never did We destroy a population, but had its warners -

Ahmed Ali

Never have We destroyed a habitation till We had sent admonishers to them

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Ali Unal

We have never destroyed any township except that it had warners (sent to it),

Daryabadi

And We destroyed not a city but it had its warners.

Faridul Haque

And never did We destroy a township which did not have Heralds of warning, -

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And We destroyed no town but it had (its) warners --

Maulvi Sher Ali

And never did WE destroy any township but it had its Warners.

Muhammad Asad

And withal, never have We destroyed any community unless it had been warned

Muhammad Musin Khan

And never did We destroy a township, but it had its warners

Muhammad Pickthall

And We destroyed no township but it had its warners

Muhammad Sarwar

We never destroyed any town without first sending to them warning and guidance.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And We did not destroy any town but it had (its) warners,

Rashad Khalifa

We never annihilate any community without sending warners.

Shabbir Ahmed

We never annihilated a community unless it had been warned,