Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Thus, indeed, most of the people of old went astray before them
M. M. Pickthall
And verily most of the men of old went astray before them
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And truly before them, many of the ancients went astray;
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
And surely most of the earlier generations had strayed before them,
Safi Kaskas
Most of the earlier peoples went astray before them
Wahiduddin Khan
And assuredly many of the ancients went astray before them
Shakir
And certainly most of the ancients went astray before them
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And, certainly, went astray most of the ancient ones before them.
T.B.Irving
Most primitive men went astray before them,
Abdul Hye
and indeed most of the ancient people went astray before them
The Study Quran
And before them most of those of old had indeed gone astray
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Most of the earlier generations before them had also deviated.
Talal Itani (2012)
And most of the ancients before them went astray
Dr. Kamal Omar
And surely, indeed most of the earlier people before them went astray
Most of the ancients went astray before them
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And indeed before them already erred away most of the earliest (people)
Muhammad Sarwar
Most of the ancient people had also gone astray
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Most of the earlier ones (too) had gone astray before them
Shabbir Ahmed
This is how, indeed, most of the people of the old had gone astray before them
Dr. Munir Munshey
(Even though they knew that) the earlier people (blundered and) had gone astray
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And indeed, before them, many (people) from the olden days went astray—
And there had already strayed before them most of the former peoples
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Most of the previous generations have strayed before them
Abdel Haleem
most men in the past went astray
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And assuredly there went stray before them many of the ancients
Ahmed Ali
So had many an earlier people gone astray
Aisha Bewley
Most of the earlier peoples went astray before them
Ali Ünal
Indeed, most of those (communities) that lived before them went astray
Ali Quli Qara'i
Certainly most of the ancients went astray before them
Hamid S. Aziz
And certainly most of the ancients went astray before them
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And most of the earlier ones have certainly lost (the right path) before them.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
And truly before them, many of the ancients went astray
Musharraf Hussain
previously, most of them were misguided.
Maududi
Before them a multitude of people of olden times had erred
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Most of the previous generations have strayed before them.
Mohammad Shafi
And most of the ancient peoples did go astray before them
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And undoubtedly, most of the ancient went astray before them.
Most of the previous generations have strayed in the same manner.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
yet before them most of the ancients went astray
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And indeed We sent among them warners
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And most of the first/beginners had been (E) misguided before them
Bijan Moeinian
Their wrong religions were established by those before them to whom God sent…
Faridul Haque
And indeed before them, most of the former people went astray
Sher Ali
And most of the ancient peoples had erred before them
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And in fact, most of the former people (also) lost the straight path
Amatul Rahman Omar
And most of the ancient people had erred before them
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And indeed most of the men of old went astray before them
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And indeed most of the ancients before them had gone astray.
Munir Mezyed
And certainly most of the ancients were on the wrong path before them,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And most of the earliest communities before them went astray.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Truly, before them, many ancient people went astray.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
And certainly, most of the ancients before them went astray.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Most primitive men went astray before them,
Samy Mahdy
And they had already strayed before them, most of the ancients.
Sayyid Qutb
Most of the people of old went astray before them;
Ahmed Hulusi
Indeed, most of the former people before them had also gone astray (from the reality)!
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
And indeed most of the ancient went astray before them.
Similarly behaved long before them most of those of old; they insisted on treading the path of error
Mir Aneesuddin
And the majority of the ancients before them, indeed went astray,
The Wise Quran
And surely, certainly most of the former people erred before them,