Quran 27 : 34

She said, "Indeed, the kings, when they enter a town they ruin it and make (the) most honorable (of) its people (the) lowest. And thus they do.
قَالَتْ
Qālat
إِنَّ
Iinna
ٱلْمُلُوكَ
Almulūka
إِذَا
Iidhā
دَخَلُوا۟
Dakhalūa
قَرْيَةً
Qaryahan
أَفْسَدُوهَا
Aafsadūhā
وَجَعَلُوٓا۟
Wajaʿaluwa
أَعِزَّةَ
Aaʿizzaha
أَهْلِهَآ
Aahlihaa
أَذِلَّةً
Aadhillahan
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Wakadhaālika
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Yafʿalūna

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

She said: "When the kings enter a town they destroy it and make its most noble people humiliated. It is such that they do.

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

She said: "Kings, when they enter a country, despoil it, and make the noblest of its people its meanest thus do they behave

Wahiduddin Khan

She said, Surely, when mighty kings invade a country, they despoil it and humiliate its noblest inhabitantsthese men will do the sam

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

She said, "Indeed kings - when they enter a city, they ruin it and render the honored of its people humbled. And thus do they do

The Wise Quran

She said, 'Indeed, kings when they enter a city, they ruin it and make the mighty ones of its people abased; thus it is they do.

The Study Quran

She said, “Verily, kings, when they enter a town, corrupt it, and make the most honorable of its people the most abased. They will do likewise

Talal Itani (2012)

She said, 'When kings enter a city, they devastate it, and subjugate its dignified people. Thus they always do

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

She said, “When kings enter a city, they ruin it and humiliate its noble citizens. Such is their way.

T.B.Irving

She said: ´Whenever any kings enter a town and plunder it, they turn the most important men among its people into the lowest. Thus they act.

Syed Vickar Ahamed

She said: "Verily, when kings enter a country, ruin it, and make the noblest from its people, its meanest; They act like this

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

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

Shabbir Ahmed

She said, "Behold, when kings invade a town, they ruin it and humiliate its dignitaries. This is what they shall do

Samy Mahdy

She said surely, “The kings if they entered a village, they mangle it, and set its cherished inhabitants, humiliated. And thus, they are doing.

Safi Kaskas

She said, "When kings enter a town, they ruin it and humiliate its proudest inhabitants. This is what they do.

Rashad Khalifa

She said, "The kings corrupt any land they invade, and subjugate its dignified people. This is what they usually do.

N J Dawood 2014

She said: ‘When kings invade a city they ravage it and abase the mightiest of its people. These men will do the same

Mustaqim

She said: when kings enter a town they ruin it and make the most respected of it the most humiliated, and that is what they do.

Mustafa Khattab 2018

She reasoned, “Indeed, when kings invade a land, they ruin it and debase its nobles. They really do so!

Musharraf Hussain

She said, “When kings enter a city, they lay waste to it and humiliate its nobility; that is their way.

MunirMezyed2023

She said: “Surely the kings, when they enter a township, they sabotage it and degrade its noblemen. This is what they do.

Munir Mezyed

She said: “Surely the kings, when they enter a township, they sabotage it, and degrade its noblemen. This is what they do.

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

She said, .In fact when the kings enter a town, they put it to disorder, and put its honorable citizens to disgrace, and this is how they normally 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

Muhammad Marmaduke 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 Mahmoud Ghali

She said, "Surely, kings, when they enter a town, do corruption in it and make the mighty ones of its population humiliated. And thus they (too) will perform (similarly)

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 Ahmed - Samira

She said: "That truly the kings if they entered a village/urban city they corrupted it and they made/put its more dignified/honoured people , humiliated/disgraced , and as/like that they make/do ."

Mohammad Shafi

She said, "Indeed, when kings invade a place of human habitation they devastate it, and humiliate its respected inhabitants. And this is how they behave."

Mir Aneesuddin

She said When kings enter a township, they certainly cause disorder in it, and make the mightiest of its people most disgraced and thus they (too) will 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

Maududi

The Queen said: "When the kings enter a country they cause corruption in it and abase those of its people who are held in honour. This is what they are wont to do

Linda "iLham" Barto

She said, “When kings enter a country, they indeed spoil it. They change the noblest of its people into the lowest class. That’s how they act.

John Medows Rodwell

She said, "Kings when they enter a city spoil it, and abase the mightiest of its people: and in like manner will these also do

Irving/Hegab

She said: 'Whenever any kings enter a town and plunder it, they turn the most important men among its people into the lowest. Thus they act.

Hilali - 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

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

She said: 'When kings enter a village, they ruin it and humiliate its nobles. And this they will do

Hamid S. Aziz

She said, "Verily, kings when they enter a city, despoil it, and demean the mighty ones of its people; thus they will do

George Sale

She said, verily kings, when they enter a city by force, waste the same, and abase the most powerful of the inhabitants hereof: And so will these do with us

Fode Drame

She said, “Truly the sovereigns when they enter a township they corrupt it and they make its noble people into dishonorable ones and it is thus that they act.

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.”

Edward Henry Palmer

She said, 'Verily, kings when they enter a city despoil it, and make the mighty ones of its people the meanest; thus it is they do

Dr. Munir Munshey

She said, "When the kings invade a land they undermine (its system), topple its respected and privileged class, and deem it to be despised and inferior. That is what they do."

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

(The Queen) said: ‘No doubt when kings enter a town, they destroy it and disgrace and humiliate its elite citizens. And these (people) too will do the same

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

She said: Truly, when kings entered a town, they made corruption in it and made the most mighty of its people humiliated in spirit. Thus, this is what they accomplish.

Dr. Kamal Omar

She said: “Verily, the sovereign rulers, when they entered any habitation, they despoiled it and made the more honourable of its citizens as the more disgraced ones, and thus they will do

Corpus.Quran

She said Indeed the kings when they enter a town they ruin it and make (the) most honorable (of) its people (the) lowest And thus they do

Bilal Muhammad 2018

She said, “Kings indeed, when they enter a country, ravish it, and make the most honorable of its people, its most humiliated, they do indeed

Bijan Moeinian

She said: “When the kings invade a town, they usually destroy it and undignified their citizens.”

Bakhtiari Nejad

She said: “Indeed when the kings enter any town, they ruin it, and they make its most powerful (and respected) people most humiliated, and that is what they do.

Arthur John Arberry

She said, 'Kings, when they enter a city, disorder it and make the mighty ones of its inhabitants abased. Even so they too will do

Amatul Rahman 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

Ali Ünal

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

Ali Quli Qara'i

She said, ‘Indeed when kings enter a town, they devastate it, and reduce the mightiest of its people to the most abased. That is how they act

Aisha Bewley

She said, ´When kings enter a city, they lay waste to it and make its mightiest inhabitants the most abased. That is what they too will do.

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

She said, 'undoubtedly, when the kings enter any town ruin it and disgrace its honorable inhabitants, and thus they do'.

Ahmed Hulusi

(Sheba) said, “When kings enter a country they thrash it and render the powerful ones powerless... This is what they do!”

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)

Abdul Majid 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

Abdul Hye

She said: “Surely! When the kings enter a town, they spoil it, and make the most honorable of its people the lowest. And thus they always do.

Abdel Haleem

She said, ‘Whenever kings go into a city, they ruin it and humiliate its leaders- that is what they do