سورة النَّمل
Surah Al-Naml 27:34
The Tribe of Naml-Namlites · Verse 34 of 93
قَالَتْ إِنَّ الْمُلُوكَ إِذَا دَخَلُوا قَرْيَةً أَفْسَدُوهَا وَجَعَلُوا أَعِزَّةَ أَهْلِهَا أَذِلَّةً ۖ وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
She said, `Surely, when the kings enter a township (as invaders) they ruin it and reduce its most honourable residents to the most degraded positions. And such indeed will be their (- of Solomon and his men´s) ways.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
She said: "Kings, when they enter a country, despoil it, and make the noblest of its people its meanest thus do they behave.
Ahmed Ali
She said: "Surely when kings enter a city they destroy it and despoil the honour of its nobility. So will they do (to us).
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Ali Unal
She said: "When kings enter a country, they cause destruction and corruption in it, and make the noble (ones of its inhabitants) abased. This is what they really do.
Daryabadi
She said: verily the kings, when they enter a City, despoil it, and make the most powerful inhabitants thereof the most abased; so will they do.
Faridul Haque
She said, “Indeed the kings, when they enter a township, destroy it and disgrace its honourable people; and this is what they do.”
Maulana Muhammad Ali
She said: Surely the kings, when they enter a town, ruin it and make the noblest of its people to be low; and thus they do.
Maulvi Sher Ali
She said, `Surely, the kings, when they enter a country, despoil it, and turn the highest of its people into the lowest. And thus they always do;
Muhammad Asad
Said she: "Verily, whenever kings enter a country they corrupt it, and turn the noblest of its people into the most abject. And this is the way they (always] behave.
Muhammad Musin Khan
She said: "Verily! Kings, when they enter a town (country), they despoil it, and make the most honourable amongst its people low. And thus they do.
Muhammad Pickthall
She said: Lo! kings, when they enter a township, ruin it and make the honour of its people shame. Thus will they do.
Muhammad Sarwar
She said, "When Kings enter a town they destroy it and disrespect its honorable people. That is what they will do, too.
Muhammed ali Shakir
She said: Surely the kings, when they enter a town, ruin it and make the noblest of its people to be low, and thus they (always) do;
Rashad Khalifa
She said, "The kings corrupt any land they invade, and subjugate its dignified people. This is what they usually do.
Shabbir Ahmed
She said, "When kings invade a town, they ruin it and humiliate its dignitaries. Thus they behave.