(6) Not a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them,[872] so will they believe?— الترجمة الإنجليزية - صحيح انترناشونال
[872]- Even though they had witnessed signs and miracles.
6. Not one of the towns (populations), of those which We destroyed, believed before them (though We sent them signs): will they then believe?— الترجمة الإنجليزية
— Dr. Ghali - English translationمَآ ءَامَنَتۡ قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآۖ أَفَهُمۡ يُؤۡمِنُونَIn no way did any town that We caused to perish believe before them. Would they then believe?
— Muhsin Khan - English translationمَآ ءَامَنَتۡ قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآۖ أَفَهُمۡ يُؤۡمِنُونَNot one of the towns (populations), of those which We destroyed, believed before them (though We sent them signs), will they then believe?
— Pickthall - English translationمَآ ءَامَنَتۡ قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآۖ أَفَهُمۡ يُؤۡمِنُونَNot a township believed of those which We destroyed before them (though We sent them portents): would they then believe?
— Yusuf Ali - English translationمَآ ءَامَنَتۡ قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآۖ أَفَهُمۡ يُؤۡمِنُونَ(As to those) before them, not one of the populations which We destroyed believed: will these believe?
— Sahih International - English translationمَآ ءَامَنَتۡ قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآۖ أَفَهُمۡ يُؤۡمِنُونَNot a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them, so will they believe?
— Abul Ala Maududi(With tafsir) - English translationمَآ ءَامَنَتۡ قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآۖ أَفَهُمۡ يُؤۡمِنُونَ(21:6) Not one township that We destroyed before them believed. Would they,
then, believe?8
— Abdul Haleem - English translationمَآ ءَامَنَتۡ قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآۖ أَفَهُمۡ يُؤۡمِنُونَBut of the communities We destroyed before them not a single one believed. Will these now believe?
— Mufti Taqi Usmani - English translationمَآ ءَامَنَتۡ قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآۖ أَفَهُمۡ يُؤۡمِنُونَNot a single town from those whom We destroyed came to believe before them. So, will they believe?
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran - English translationمَآ ءَامَنَتۡ قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآۖ أَفَهُمۡ يُؤۡمِنُونَNot a ˹single˺ society We destroyed before them ever believed ˹after receiving the signs˺. Will these ˹pagans˺ then believe?
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab - English translationمَآ ءَامَنَتۡ قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآۖ أَفَهُمۡ يُؤۡمِنُونَNot a ˹single˺ society We destroyed before them ever believed ˹after receiving the signs˺. Will these ˹pagans˺ then believe?
Not a single town We destroyed before them believed [after receiving signs]; will they then believe?— الترجمة الإنجليزية - مركز رواد الترجمة
6. Before these who are making a request, no town which ever made a request for divine signs. to be revealed and was then granted them as per their request ever believed. In fact, they denied them so I destroyed them. So will these people believe?— الترجمة الإنجليزية للمختصر في تفسير القرآن الكريم
Not one of the communities whom We destroyed in bygone days would ever believe. Will these, then, believe?— ترجمة معاني القرآن الكريم - عادل صلاحي