Azerice — Alihan Musayev

Heç olmasa, sizdən əvvəlki nəsillərdə yer üzündə fitnə-fəsad törətməyi qadağan edən ağıl və hikmət sahibləri olaydı. Onlardan yalnız xilas etdiyimiz az bir qismi belə idi. Zülm edənlər isə onlara verilmiş dünyanın ləzzətinə uydular və günahkar oldular.

Azerice — V. Memmedeliyev ve Ziya Bünyadov

Barı, sizdən əvvəlki nəsillərin ağıl və fəzilət (hünər) sahibləri yer üzündə fitnə-fəsad törətməyi qadağan edəydilər! Onların xilas etdiyimiz az bir qismi istisnadır. (Onlar keçmiş peyğəmbərlərin əshabələridir ki, insanlara yaxşı işlər görməyi əmr edər, pis işləri yasaq edərdilər.) Zalımlar isə onlara verilmiş neʼmətə (dünyanın ləzzətinə) uydular və günahkar oldular.

Almanca — Al-Azhar

Warum gab es unter den Generationen vor euch keine Fähigeren, die den Menschen verboten hätten, auf Erden Unheil zu stiften? Nur wenige gab es, die Wir mit errettet haben. Die Ungerechten aber folgten ihren Gelüsten und waren Übeltäter.

Almanca — Der Edle Quran

Wenn es unter den Geschlechtern vor euch doch nur Leute mit einem Rest (von Tugend) gegeben hätte, die verbieten, auf der Erde Unheil zu stiften - bis auf wenige unter denen, die Wir von ihnen retteten! Diejenigen, die Unrecht taten, folgten dem ihnen verliehenen üppigen Leben und wurden Übeltäter.

Almanca — M. A. Rassoul

Wären nur unter den Geschlechtern vor euch Leute von Verstand gewesen, die der Verderbtheit auf Erden hätten entgegensteuern können - ausgenommen die wenigen, die Wir aus ihrer Zahl erretteten ! Doch die Frevler folgten dem, was ihnen Genuß und Behagen versprach, und sie übertraten (die Gebote)

Almanca — Muhammad Zaidan

Hätte es doch aus den Generationen vor euch manche gegeben, die einsichtig waren, welche Verderben auf Erden verboten! Ausgenommen davon sind die Wenigen aus denen, die WIR erretteten. Diejenigen, die Unrecht begingen, folgten jedoch dem, worin sie Luxus fanden, und sie waren schwer Verfehlende.

Abdel Khalek Himmat

If only there had been among the preceding generations a class of persons virtuous, strong and influential enough to warn people against corruption and to forbid mischief on earth and prohibit perversion as did the few of them whom We saved. But the wrongful of actions pursued pleasure, and lust after the mundane vanity they were entangled with, and were steeped in crime.

Abdul Haleem

If only there had been, among the generations before your time, people with a rem-nant of good sense, to forbid corruption on the earth! We saved only a few of them, while the unjust pursued the enjoyment of plenty, and persisted in sin.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Why were there not, among the generations before you, persons possessed of balanced good sense, prohibiting (men) from mischief in the earth - except a few among them whom We saved (from harm)? But the wrong-doers pursued the enjoyment of the good things of life which were given them, and persisted in sin.

Abul A'la Maududi

Why were there not, out of the generations that passed away before you, righteous men who would forbid others from causing corruption on the earth? And if such were there, they were only a few whom We had saved from those generations, or else the wrong-doers kept pursuing the ease and comfort which had been conferred upon them, thus losing themselves in sinfulness.

Aisha Bewley

Would that there had been more people with a vestige of good among the generations of those who came before you, who forbade corruption in the earth, other than the few among them whom We saved. Those who did wrong gladly pursued the life of luxury that they were given and were evildoers.

Al-Hilali & Khan

If only there had been among the generations before you persons having wisdom, prohibiting (others) from Al-Fasâd (disbelief, polytheism, and all kinds of crimes and sins) in the earth, (but there were none) - except a few of those whom We saved from among them! Those who did wrong pursued the enjoyment of good things of (this worldly) life, and were Mujrimûn (criminals, disbelievers in Allâh, polytheists, sinners).

Ali Quli Qarai

Why were there not among the generations before you a remnant [of the wise] who might forbid corruption in the earth, except a few of those whom We delivered from among them? Those who were wrongdoers pursued that in which they had been granted affluence, and they were a guilty lot.

Amatul Rahman Omar

Why, then, were there not among the generations that preceded you persons possessed of excellence who would forbid the perpetration of evil in the land. But there were only a few of those (who acted righteously and) whom We had saved from among them. And (all others) who had committed wrong pursued that (wanton) ease and plenty they were afforded with (and this led to their rebellion and disobedience), and they became those who cut off their ties (with Allâh).

Arthur John Arberry

Or if there had been, of the generations before you, men of a remainder forbidding corruption in the earth -- except a few of those whom We delivered of them; but the evildoers followed the ease they were given to exult in and became sinners.

Bijan Moeinian

What a shame that in the past there were not good people who would forbid the people of making mischief. If there were any, there were very few who were saved from [the punishment imposed upon] those nations. As for the wrong-doers, they were absorbed with their materialistic pre-occupations and ended up as criminals.

E. Henry Palmer

And were there among the generations before you any endowed with a remnant (of piety) forbidding evildoing in the earth, save a few of those whom we saved; but the evildoers followed what they enjoyed, and were sinners.

Edip-Layth

If only there was from the previous generations a people with wisdom who deterred from the corruption on earth, except the few that We saved of them. Those who were wicked followed the enjoyment they were in, and they were criminal.

George Sale

Were such of the generations before you, indued with understanding and virtue, who forbad the acting corruptly in the earth, any more than a few only of those whom We delivered? But they who were unjust followed the delights which they enjoyed in this world, and were wicked doers:

Hamid S. Aziz

And be you patient, for Allah wastes not the wages of those who do good.

Mahmoud Ghali

So, if only there been of the generations even before you, (remaining nations) endowed with (i. e., of understanding) forbidding corruption in the land-only a few of them whom We delivered. And the ones who did injustice closely followed whatever luxury they were made to live in; and they were criminals.

Marmaduke Pickthall

If only there had been among the generations before you men possessing a remnant (of good sense) to warn (their people) from corruption in the earth, as did a few of those whom We saved from them! The wrong-doers followed that by which they were made sapless, and were guilty.

Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

If only there had been men endued with virtue in the ages before you, who could preserve men from doing evil in the world, other than the few We saved from among them. Those who were wicked followed that which made them dissolute, and became sinners.

Muhammad Asad

BUT, ALAS, among those generations [whom We destroyed] before your time there were no people endowed with any virtue - [people] who would speak out against the [spread of] corruption on earth -except the few of them whom We saved [because of their righteousness], whereas those who were bent on evildoing only pursued pleasures which corrupted their whole being, and so lost themselves in sinning.

Mustafa Khattab

If only there had been among the ˹destroyed˺ peoples before you, ˹O believers,˺ virtuous individuals who forbade corruption in the land—other than the few We had saved ˹from the torment˺. But the wrongdoers ˹only˺ pursued their ˹worldly˺ pleasures, becoming wicked.

Progressive Muslims

If only there was from the previous generations a people with wisdom who deterred from the corruption on Earth, except the few that We saved of them. And those who were wicked followed the enjoyment they were in, and they were criminal.

Sahih International

So why were there not among the generations before you those of enduring discrimination forbidding corruption on earth - except a few of those We saved from among them? But those who wronged pursued what luxury they were given therein, and they were criminals.

Sam Gerrans

Oh, that among the generations before you there had but been a remnant forbidding corruption in the land save a few whom We saved among them! But those who did wrong followed what they had been given therein of opulence, and were lawbreakers.

Shabbir Ahmed

(Here is a lesson for the future of humanity. ) Alas, among the older generations there were few people of virtue, those who would take a stand against corruption and disorder in the land. Except the few whom We saved for their righteousness. Whereas most people indulged in violation of human rights, enjoying the fleeting delights of the world and thriving on the fruit of others' toil.

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Why were there not, from generations before you, persons with balanced wisdom (and good sense), who prohibited (men) from mischief in the earth— Except a few of them whom We saved (from harm)? But the wrongdoers chased the enjoyment of the good things of life that were given to them and continued in sin (as criminals).

Taqi Usmani

Then, why is it that there were no people, among the generations before you, who would have enough remnants of wisdom to stop others from creating disorder in the land, except a few among them whom We saved (from Our punishment)? And the wrongdoers pursued the luxuries they were involved in, and they became sinners.

The Monotheist Group

If only there was from the previous generations a people with wisdom who prohibited corruption on the earth, except the few that We saved of them. And those who were wicked followed the enjoyment they were in, and they were criminal.

Fransızca — Muhammad Hamidullah

Si seulement il existait, dans les générations dʹavant vous, des gens vertueux qui interdisent la corruption sur terre! (Hélas) Il nʹy en avait quʹun petit nombre que Nous sauvâmes, alors que les injustes persistaient dans le luxe (exagéré) dans lequel ils vivaient, et ils étaient des criminels.

Kürtçe Meal

De bila di dewrên beriya we de zanayên xwedanbîr û bawer hebûna da ku li ser erdê xerabî bidana paş, lê belê ji hindikên ku me (ew ji kufrê) reha kirin pê ve (kesî ew nekir). Ew ên sitemkar jî li dûv xweşiya xwe çûn û ew her gunehkar bûn.

Hollandaca — Fred Leemhuis

Als er onder de generaties van voor jullie tijd maar mensen met bezonnenheid waren geweest die verboden op de aarde verderf te brengen; er waren er slechts enkelen, die Wij redden. Zij die onrecht deden joegen het hun verleende luxeleven na en zij waren boosdoeners.

Hollandaca — Siregar

Waren er maar onder de generaties vóór jullie bezitters van inzicht geweest, die weerhielden van het verderf op aarde (maar deze waren niet), met uitzondering van enkelen van hen die Wij hebben gered. En degenen die onrecht pleegden, joegen de weelde na waarin zij leefden, eti zij waren misdadigers.

Rusça — Ebu Adel

О, если бы были [оказались] среди поколений (живших) до вас люди обладающие продолжением [верой, здравым умом, праведностью и влиянием], которые удерживали бы (других) от нечестия на земле [от неверия и грехов]! (Так они указали бы им путь спасения от наказания Аллаха.) Но (таких удерживающих оказалось) немного (даже) из числа тех, кого Мы спасли. (И их мало кто слушал, и еще меньше следовали их наставлениям.) И последовали те, которые злочинствовали, за той роскошью, чем они были наделены [погрязли в земных наслаждениях] (отказавшись от Веры и повиновения Аллаху), и были они (совершая это) бунтарями [неверующими].

İsveççe — Knut Bernström

DET ÄR olyckligt (för människorna) att det bland de släkten (som Vi lät gå under) före er tid, inte fanns fler kloka och sansade människor, som (försökte) hejda oordningen och sedefördärvet på jorden! Dessa var bara ett fåtal bland dem Vi räddade, medan de orättfärdiga hängav sig åt ett förvekligande liv av nöjen och njutningar och sjönk (allt djupare) ned i synd.