Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
Are they, then, better than the people of Tubba and those before them, whom We destroyed because they were truly lost in [the same] sin
Arthur John Arberry
Are they better, or the people of Tubba' and those before them whom We destroyed? They were surely sinners
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
What! Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who were before them? We destroyed them because they were guilty of sin
Arabic
أَهُمۡ خَیۡرٌ أَمۡ قَوۡمُ تُبَّعࣲ وَٱلَّذِینَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَـٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوا۟ مُجۡرِمِینَ ٣٧
Transliteration (2021)
ahum khayrun am qawmu tubbaʿin wa-alladhīna min qablihim ahlaknāhum innahum kānū muj'rimīn