وَمَآ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ اِلَّا لَهَا مُنْذِرُوْنَ ۖ ( الشعراء: ٢٠٨ )
ahlaknā
أَهْلَكْنَا
We destroyed
mundhirūna
مُنذِرُونَ
warners
Wa maaa ahlaknaa min qaryatin illaa lahaa munziroon (aš-Šuʿarāʾ 26:208)
Sahih International:
And We did not destroy any city except that it had warners. (Ash-Shu'ara [26] : 208)
1 Mufti Taqi Usmani
We did not destroy any town unless it has had warners
2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
We have never destroyed a society without warners
3 Ruwwad Translation Center
We never destroyed any town without sending them warners,
4 A. J. Arberry
Never a city We destroyed, but it had warners
5 Abdul Haleem
Never have We destroyed a town without sending down messengers to warn it,
6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And We destroyed not a city but it had its warners.
7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Never did We destroy a population, but had its warners -
8 Abul Ala Maududi
We never destroyed any habitation but that it had warners
9 Ahmed Ali
Never have We destroyed a habitation till We had sent admonishers to them
10 Ahmed Raza Khan
And never did We destroy a township which did not have Heralds of warning, –
11 Ali Quli Qarai
We have not destroyed any town without its having warners,
12 Ali Ünal
We have never destroyed any township except that it had warners (sent to it),
13 Amatul Rahman Omar
And never did We destroy (any people of) a township but it had (its) Warners;
14 English Literal
And We did not destroy from a village/urban city, except for it (are) warners/givers of notice
15 Faridul Haque
And never did We destroy a township which did not have Heralds of warning, -
16 Hamid S. Aziz
But We destroy not any population but it had its Warners
17 Hilali & Khan
And never did We destroy a township, but it had its warners
18 Maulana Mohammad Ali
Then that which they are promised comes to them --
19 Mohammad Habib Shakir
And We did not destroy any town but it had (its) warners,
20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
And We destroyed no township but it had its warners
21 Muhammad Sarwar
We never destroyed any town without first sending to them warning and guidance.
22 Qaribullah & Darwish
We never destroyed a village that did not have warners
23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
And never did We destroy a township but it had its warners
24 Wahiduddin Khan
Never have We destroyed a town without sending down messengers to warn it,
25 Talal Itani
Never did We destroy a town, but it had warners.
26 Tafsir jalalayn
And We have not destroyed any town but it had warners, messengers to warn its inhabitants;
27 Tafseer Ibn Kathir
ذِكْرَى وَمَا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ
28 Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
In fact We never reduced a town with its inhabitants to ruin before they have had their spectacles and warnings -and they did not listen
- القرآن الكريم - الشعراء٢٦ :٢٠٨
Asy-Syu'ara' 26:208