[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Wehave not destroyed any town except that it had an appointed time.
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand
Wahiduddin Khan
We have never destroyed a township without a definite decree having been issued
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree
The Wise Quran
And We did not destroy any city but there was a known decree for it.
The Study Quran
Never did We destroy a town, but that it had a known decree
Talal Itani (2012)
We have never destroyed a town unless it had a set time
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
We’ve never destroyed a community that didn’t have a known term.
T.B.Irving
We have never wiped out any town unless it had [received] a known term;
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And We never destroyed a population that did not have a term already decided (written) and allocated
Sher Ali
And never a town have WE destroyed but there was for it a known decree
Shakir
And never did We destroy a town but it had a term made known
Shabbir Ahmed
And Our Law of Requital annihilated no community or township before the period of respite was over (13:38)
Samy Mahdy
And none among a village We destroy it except and for it a known book.
Safi Kaskas
We have never destroyed a town unless it had a known decree.
Rashad Khalifa
We never annihilated any community, except in accordance with a specific, predetermined time.
N J Dawood 2014
Never have We destroyed a city whose term of life was not ordained and known beforehand
Mustaqim
Whenever We destroyed a town, there was a known decree for it.
Mustafa Khattab 2018
We have never destroyed a society without a destined term.
Musharraf Hussain
We have never destroyed a town until its appointed time;
MunirMezyed2023
And never did We destroy a town but there was a known decree for it.
Munir Mezyed
We never destroyed a township but there was a known decree for it.
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
We did not destroy any town without having a pre-determined time for it
Muhammad Sarwar
We never destroyed any town without pre-ordaining the fate of its people
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
And We destroyed no township but there was a known decree for it
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And in no way did We cause any town to perish except that it had a known (prescribed) Book
Muhammad Asad
And never have We destroyed any community [for its wrongdoing] unless a divine writ had (previously] been made known to it
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
And We did not destroy from a village/urban city , except and for it (is) a known Book
Mohammad Shafi
And never did We destroy any population, but only when it had reached its known destiny
Mir Aneesuddin
And We did not destroy any city but at the known prescription (of the time which was destined) for it (earlier).
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And never did We destroy a town but it had a decree made known
Maududi
Whenever We destroyed a town, a definite term had previously been decreed for it
Linda "iLham" Barto
We never destroyed a population that did not have a set time.
John Medows Rodwell
We never destroyed a city whose term was not perfixed
Irving/Hegab
We have never wiped out any town unless it had [received] a known term;
Hilali - Khan
And never did We destroy a township but there was a known decree for it
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
We never destroyed a village whose term had not already been decreed
Hamid S. Aziz
We never did destroy a community but there was a fixed term decreed for it
George Sale
We have not destroyed any city, but a fixed term of repentance was appointed them
Fode Drame
And We never destroyed any township except that there was an appointed book for it.
Faridul Haque
And every dwelling that We destroyed, had a known decree for it
Edward Henry Palmer
We never destroyed a city without it had its noted doom
Dr. Munir Munshey
We never destroy any locality except in accordance with a preordained scheme and time-plan
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And never have We destroyed any township, except that there was for them a known inscription (law, which they violated and met their fate)
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And We caused not a town to perish but there was for it a known prescription.
Dr. Kamal Omar
And we have not destroyed any of the town but (there is available) for it Kitâbun M‘auloomun
Corpus.Quran
And not We destroyed any town but (there was) for it a decree known
Bilal Muhammad 2018
Never did We destroy a population that did not have a term decreed that We did not assign beforehand
Bijan Moeinian
Every town which God destroyed, was given a prescribed time for re-thinking and repentance (as a sign of God’s mercy.
Bakhtiari Nejad
We did not destroy any town unless there was a known writing/verdict for it.
Arthur John Arberry
Never a city have We destroyed, but it had a known decree
Amatul Rahman Omar
And never did We destroy a township but it had a decree made known
Ali Ünal
And We did not destroy any township unless it had a known and recorded decree
Ali Quli Qara'i
We did not destroy any town but that it had a known term
Aisha Bewley
We did not destroy any city without it having a set time.
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And the town We destroyed it had a writing known
Ahmed Hulusi
And We did not destroy any region that was not already decreed.
Ahmed Ali
Not one habitation have We destroyed but at the time determined for it
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And We have not destroyed a town but there was therefor a decree known
Abdul Hye
And Allah did not destroy a town but there was a known decree for it.
Abdel Haleem
Never have We destroyed a community that did not have a set time