Quran 27 : 48

And were in the city nine family heads, they were spreading corruption in the land and not reforming.
وَكَانَ
Wakāna
فِى
Fiā
ٱلْمَدِينَةِ
Almadīnahi
تِسْعَةُ
Tisʿahu
رَهْطٍ
Rahṭin
يُفْسِدُونَ
Yufsidūna
فِى
Fiā
ٱلْأَرْضِ
Alaarḍi
وَلَا
Walā
يُصْلِحُونَ
Yuṣliḥūna

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And in the city were nine ruffians who were causing corruption in the land, and they were not reforming

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

There were in the city nine men of a family, who made mischief in the land, and would not reform

Wahiduddin Khan

There were in the city nine men who spread corruption in the land, and would not reform

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And there were in the city nine family heads causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs]

The Wise Quran

And there were in the city nine persons who despoiled the land and did not right.

The Study Quran

And in the city there were nine persons working corruption in the land and not setting matters aright

Talal Itani (2012)

In the city was a gang of nine who made mischief in the land and did no good

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

In the city were nine persons who made mischief in the land and didn’t reform.

T.B.Irving

There was a gang of nine persons in the city who caused trouble on earth and never improved matters.

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And in the City, there were Nine men of a family, who made mischief in the land, and would not correct (themselves)

Sher Ali

And there were in the city a party of nine persons who made mischief in the land, and who would not reform

Shakir

And there were in the city nine persons who made mischief in the land and did not act aright

Shabbir Ahmed

Now there was a gang of nine leaders in the city who spread disorder in the land, and blocked all reform

Samy Mahdy

And there in the city nine bands were spoiling the earth and they are not repairing.

Safi Kaskas

And in the town there were heads of nine clans who spread mischief in the land and did no good.

Rashad Khalifa

There were nine gangsters in the city who were wicked, and never did anything good.

N J Dawood 2014

In the town there was a band of nine men, who did evil in the land and nothing that was good

Mustaqim

And there were nine clans in the town who caused corruption on earth and did not reform.

Mustafa Khattab 2018

And there were in the city nine ˹elite˺ men who spread corruption in the land, never doing what is right.

Musharraf Hussain

There was a gang of nine men in the city who would not comply but went around wreaking havoc.

MunirMezyed2023

In the city (of Thamūd), there was a company of nine persons (among their chiefs), who were indulging in corruption in the land, and were not willing to make amends.

Munir Mezyed

In the city (of Thamūd), there were a company of nine persons (among their chiefs), who were indulging in corruption in the land, and were not willing to reform (their ways).

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

And there were nine persons in the city who used to make mischief on the earth and did not put things right

Muhammad Sarwar

There were nine tribes in the city spreading evil without any reform in the land

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

And there were in the city nine persons who made mischief in the land and reformed not

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And (there) was in the city nine (men of) a clan who corrupted in the land and did not act righteously

Muhammad Asad

Now there were in the city nine men who were wont to commit deeds of depravity all over the land, and would not reform

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

And in the city/town were nine groups/tribes corrupting/disordering in the earth/Planet Earth, and they do not correct/repair

Mohammad Shafi

And there were in the city nine of a leading family. They caused corruption to spread on earth, and they would not reform

Mir Aneesuddin

And there were nine persons in the city who caused corruption in the land and did not act right.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And there were in the city nine persons who made mischief in the land and did not act aright

Maududi

Now there were nine ring-leaders in the city who created corruption in the land and never worked to set things right

Linda "iLham" Barto

In the city, nine gang members created havoc in the land and would not change.

John Medows Rodwell

And there were in the city nine persons who committed excesses in the land and did not that which is right

Irving/Hegab

There was a gang of nine persons in the city who caused trouble on earth and never improved matters.

Hilali - Khan

And there were in the city nine men (from the sons of their chiefs), who made mischief in the land, and would not reform

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

In the city there were nine people who were corrupting the land and did not reform

Hamid S. Aziz

And there were in the city nine persons who despoiled the land and reformed not

George Sale

And there were nine men in the city, who acted corruptly in the earth, and behaved not with integrity

Fode Drame

And there used to be in the city a clan of nine men who used to do corruption in the land and they did not use to make things right.

Faridul Haque

And there were nine persons in the city who used to cause turmoil in the land and did not wish reform

Edward Henry Palmer

And there were in the city nine persons who despoiled the land and did not right

Dr. Munir Munshey

There were nine groups of people in that town. Each one was busy spreading corruption in the land instead of carrying out reforms

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And there were in the city (of the people of Thamud) nine prominent leaders (leading their respective parties) who used to spread destructive activities in the land and would not do constructive works

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And there had been nine groups of persons in the city who make corruption in the earth and make not things right.

Dr. Kamal Omar

And there were in the city nine bands of men: they create mischief in the land and do not indulge in (any) reform

Corpus.Quran

And were in the city nine family heads they were spreading corruption in the land and not reforming

Bilal Muhammad 2018

There were in the city nine people of a family, who do wrong in the land, and would not reform

Bijan Moeinian

They were nine wicked men in town who had done nothing good in their lives

Bakhtiari Nejad

And they were nine heads of families in the city committing corruption in the land, and would not reform.

Arthur John Arberry

Now in the city there were nine persons who did corruption in the land, and put not things right

Amatul Rahman Omar

And there were in the city a gang of nine (persons) who had upset the order and peace in the country and would not reform (themselves)

Ali Ünal

There were nine ringleaders in the city, causing disorder and corruption in the land and not setting things right

Ali Quli Qara'i

There were nine persons in the city who caused corruption in the land, and did not bring about any reform

Aisha Bewley

There was a group of nine men in the city causing corruption in the land and not putting things right.

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And there were nine persons in the city making mischief in the earth and did not like rectification.

Ahmed Hulusi

There was in that city a gang of nine men who caused corruption and rebelled.

Ahmed Ali

There were in that city nine persons who spread disorder in the land, and did not reform

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And there were nine of a group in the City, who spread corruption in the land and rectified not

Abdul Hye

There were in the city 9 men (leaders) who made mischief in the land, and they would not reform.

Abdel Haleem

There were nine men in the city who spread corruption in the land without making amends