Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 15:4 | |
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Transliteration | Wama ahlakna min qaryatin illa walaha kitabun maAAloomun |
Literal | And We did not destroy from a village/urban city , except and for it (is) a known Book . |
Yusuf Ali | Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand. |
Pickthal | And We destroyed no township but there was a known decree for it. |
Arberry | Never a city have We destroyed, but it had a known decree, |
Shakir | And never did We destroy a town but it had a term made known. |
Sarwar | We never destroyed any town without pre-ordaining the fate of its people. |
Khalifa | We never annihilated any community, except in accordance with a specific, predetermined time. |
Hilali/Khan | And never did We destroy a township but there was a known decree for it. |
H/K/Saheeh | And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree. |
Malik | Never did We destroy a town whose term of life was not ordained beforehand.[4] |
QXP | And Our Law of Requital annihilated no community or township before the period of respite was over (13:38). |
Maulana Ali | And never did We destroy a town but it had a decree made known. |
Free Minds | We have not destroyed any town except that it had an appointed time. |
Qaribullah | We never destroyed a village whose term had not already been decreed. |
George Sale | We have not destroyed any city, but a fixed term of repentance was appointed them. |
JM Rodwell | We never destroyed a city whose term was not perfixed: |
Asad | And never have We destroyed any community [for its wrongdoing] unless a divine writ had [previously] been made known to it;` |
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