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سورة الحَاقَّة

Surah Al-Hâqqah 69:9

The Great Inevitable Reality · Verse 9 of 52

وَجَاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَنْ قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Pharaoh and his predecessors and (the inhabitants of) the overthrown cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah) persistently indulged in evil ways.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.

Ahmed Ali

Then came the Pharaoh, and those before him whose habitations were overthrown while they were committing crimes.

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Ali Unal

And there was the Pharaoh, and many other communities before him, and the cities overthrown (where Lot’s people lived): all of them indulged in the unpardonable sins.

Daryabadi

And Fir´awn and those before him and the overturned cities committed sin.

Faridul Haque

And Firaun, and those before him, and the dwellings that were inverted and thrown, had brought error.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And Pharaoh and those before him and the overthrown cities wrought evil.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And Pharaoh and those who were before him, and the overthrown cities persistently committed sins.

Muhammad Asad

And there was Pharaoh, too, and [many of] those who lived before him, and the cities that were overthrown - [all of them] indulged in sin upon sin

Muhammad Musin Khan

And Fir'aun (Pharaoh), and those before him, and the cities overthrown [the towns of the people of [Lout (Lot)] committed sin,

Muhammad Pickthall

And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,

Muhammad Sarwar

The Pharaoh, those who lived before him and the people of the Subverted Cities all persisted in doing evil.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.

Rashad Khalifa

Pharaoh, others before him, and the sinners (of Sodom) were wicked.

Shabbir Ahmed

And there came Pharaoh, and many others before him, and the townships that were overthrown. All of them committed fault upon fault.