Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Did We not destroy the former peoples?

اَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ الْاَوَّل۪ينَۜ
Alam nuhliki al-awwaleen
#wordmeaningroot
1alamDid not
2nuh'likiWe destroyهلك
3l-awalīnathe former (people)اول
  • Aisha Bewley

    Did We not destroy the earlier peoples,

  • Progressive Muslims

    Did We not destroy the ancient people

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Did We not annihilate the former generations?

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Did We not destroy the former peoples?

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Did We not destroy the ancient people?

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Did We not destroy the ancient people

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Did we not annihilate the earlier generations?

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Have We not destroyed the earlier generations?

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    Did We not destroy the former peoples?

  • Muhammad Asad

    Did We not destroy those of olden days?

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Destroyed We not the former folk,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Did We not destroy many a nation of the earlier times?

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Did We not destroy those who charged Our Messengers with falsehood among the predecessors?

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Remember how I (God) destroyed the former generation of disbelievers;…

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Did We not destroy the ancients?

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Did We not destroy the men of old (for their evil)?

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Did We not destroy earlier disbelievers?

  • Taqi Usmani

    Did We not destroy the earlier people?

  • Abdul Haleem

    Did We not destroy the first ?

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Did We not destroy the ancients,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Have we not destroyed those of yore,

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Did We not destroy the former generations?

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Did We not cause the earliest people to perish;

  • George Sale

    Have We not destroyed the obstinate unbelievers of old?

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Did We not destroy the people before (for their evil ways)?

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Did We not destroy the earlier peoples?

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Did We not destroy the ancients,