(49) Although they were, before it was sent down upon them - before that, in despair.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية - صحيح انترناشونال
 49. And verily before that (rain) - just before it was sent down upon them - they were in despair!
— الترجمة الإنجليزية
وَإِن كَانُواْ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيۡهِم مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦ لَمُبۡلِسِينَ

And decidedly before that, before it was sent down on them, they had been indeed dumbfounded.
— Dr. Ghali - English translation
وَإِن كَانُواْ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيۡهِم مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦ لَمُبۡلِسِينَ

And verily before that (rain), just before it was sent down upon them, they were in despair!
— Muhsin Khan - English translation
وَإِن كَانُواْ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيۡهِم مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦ لَمُبۡلِسِينَ

Though before that, even before it was sent down upon them, they were in despair.
— Pickthall - English translation
وَإِن كَانُواْ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيۡهِم مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦ لَمُبۡلِسِينَ

Even though, before they received (the rain) - just before this - they were dumb with despair!
— Yusuf Ali - English translation
وَإِن كَانُواْ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيۡهِم مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦ لَمُبۡلِسِينَ

Although they were, before it was sent down upon them - before that, in despair.
— Sahih International - English translation
وَإِن كَانُواْ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيۡهِم مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦ لَمُبۡلِسِينَ

(30:49) although before that they were given to despair.
— Abul Ala Maududi(With tafsir) - English translation
وَإِن كَانُواْ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيۡهِم مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦ لَمُبۡلِسِينَ

though before it is sent they may have lost all hope.
— Abdul Haleem - English translation
وَإِن كَانُواْ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيۡهِم مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦ لَمُبۡلِسِينَ

even though they were absolutely hopeless before it was sent down to them.
— Mufti Taqi Usmani - English translation
وَإِن كَانُواْ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيۡهِم مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦ لَمُبۡلِسِينَ

although they had utterly lost hope just before it was sent down to them.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran - English translation
وَإِن كَانُواْ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيۡهِم مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦ لَمُبۡلِسِينَ

although they had utterly lost hope just before it was sent down to them.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab - English translation
although they had lost all hope before it was sent down to them.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية - مركز رواد الترجمة
49. While just previously, they had been losing hope in any rain falling upon them.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية للمختصر في تفسير القرآن الكريم
even though a short while ago, before it was sent down upon them, they had abandoned all hope.
— ترجمة معاني القرآن الكريم - عادل صلاحي