Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the sixth verse of chapter 21 (sūrat l-anbiyāa). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (21) sūrat l-anbiyāa (The Prophets)

Sahih International: Not a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them, so will they believe?

Pickthall: Not a township believed of those which We destroyed before them (though We sent them portents): would they then believe?

Yusuf Ali: (As to those) before them, not one of the populations which We destroyed believed: will these believe?

Shakir: There did not believe before them any town which We destroyed, will they then believe?

Muhammad Sarwar: The people of the town whom We had destroyed also had no faith. Will these people then believe in God?

Mohsin Khan: Not one of the towns (populations), of those which We destroyed, believed before them (though We sent them signs), will they then believe?

Arberry: Not one city that We destroyed before them believed; what then, will they not believe?

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See Also

• Verse (21:6) Morphology - description of each Arabic word