Al-Haqqah Verse 9

Also, Pharaoh and those before him, and ˹the people of˺ the overturned cities ˹of Lot˺ indulged in sin,

Also Pharaoh and those who came before him, and the overturned cities [of Lot] committed grave sin,

Pharaoh likewise, and those before him, and the Subverted Cities -- they committed error,

Pharaoh, too, and those before him, and the ruined cities: these people committed grave sins and disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with an ever-tightening grip.

And Fir'awn and those before him and the overturned cities committed sin.

And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.

Pharaoh and those before him and the people of the overturned habitations all engaged in the same great sin.

Then came the Pharaoh, and those before him whose habitations were overthrown while they were committing crimes.

And Firaun, and those before him, and the dwellings that were inverted and thrown, had brought error.

Then Pharaoh and those who were before him, and the towns that were overturned, brought about iniquity.

And there was the Pharaoh, and many other communities before him, and the cities overthrown (where Lot’s people lived): all of them indulged in the unpardonable sins.

Pharaoh and his predecessors and (the inhabitants of) the overthrown cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah) persistently indulged in evil ways.

And Pharaoh came, and who (is) before him, and the overturned/destroyed cities with the sin .

And Firaun, and those before him, and the dwellings that were inverted and thrown, had brought error.

And Pharaoh and those before him and the overthrown cities (Sodom and Gomorrah) continuously committed sins.

And Fir'aun (Pharaoh), and those before him, and the cities overthrown [the towns of the people of [Lout (Lot)] committed sin,

Surely We carried you in the ship, when the water rose high,

And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.

And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,

The Pharaoh, those who lived before him and the people of the Subverted Cities all persisted in doing evil.

Similarly, Pharaoh, and those before him, and the ruined villages, sinned

And Fir`awn, and those before him, and the cities overthrown committed Al-Khati'ah.

Pharoah and those before him and the inhabitants of the overthrown cities persistently committed grave sins.

Then Pharaoh came, and those before him, and the Overturned Cities steeped in sin.

And Pharaoh and those of his followers (man qibalahu; a variant reading has man qablahu, that is to say, those disbelieving communities who came before him) and the Deviant [cities], that is, their inhabitants -- these being the cities of the people of Lot -- brought iniquity, [they committed] deeds that were iniquitous.

وَجَاء فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُ

And Fir`awn and those before him committed (sin).

This has been recited with a Kasrah under the letter Qaf (in the word Qabalahu, as Qiblahu, which changes the meaning to those who were with him in his time, and they were his followers who were disbelieving Coptic people.

Others recited it with a Fathah over the letter Qaf (as the word Qablahu), which means those nations before him who were similar to him.

Concerning Allah's statement,

وَالْمُوْتَفِكَاتُ

the overthrown cities,

those nations that rejected their Messengers.

بِالْخَاطِيَةِ




committed Al-Khati'ah.
Al-Khati'ah means their rejection of what Allah revealed.

Ar-Rabi` said,
بِالْخَاطِيَةِ
(committed Al-Khati'ah).

"This means disobedience."

Mujahid said, "They committed errors."

Thus, Allah says