Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
not one [was there] but gave the lie to the apostles - and thereupon My retribution fell due
M. M. Pickthall
Not one of them but did deny the messengers, therefor My doom was justified
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Not one (of them) but rejected the messengers, but My punishment came justly and inevitably (on them)
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Each rejected their messenger, so My punishment was justified.
Safi Kaskas
each of whom rejected the messengers, so My punishment was justified.
Wahiduddin Khan
There was not one of them but treated their messengers as liars, so My punishment rightly overtook them
Shakir
There was none of them but called the messengers liars, so just was My retribution
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
All of them denied the Messengers so My repayment was realized.
T.B.Irving
every last one rejected the messengers, so My punishment was justified.
Abdul Hye
each of them denied the Messengers, therefore My punishment was justified.
The Study Quran
Each of them did naught but deny the messengers; so My Retribution came due
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
All of them denied the messengers, so my retribution was justified.
Talal Itani (2012)
None of them but denied the messengers, so My retribution was deserved
Dr. Kamal Omar
Not all, but belied the Messengers, so My retribution became justified (against them)
all charged their Messengers liars, so just was my torment of annihilating them
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Decidedly not one but cried lies to the Messengers, so My punishment came true
Muhammad Sarwar
Each of them who rejected the Messenger become subject to Our punishment
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
All of them did nothing but declare the messengers as liars; hence, My punishment became due
Shabbir Ahmed
All of them accused the Messengers of lying. Hence, My Law justly grasped them
Dr. Munir Munshey
Every single one of them rejected the messenger, and so justly deserved My punishment
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Not one (of them did anything) but denied the messengers, but My punishment came justly and surely (to them)
Each of them denied the messengers, so My penalty was justified
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Each of them disbelieved the messengers, therefore My retribution came to be
Abdel Haleem
They all rejected the mes-sengers and they were deservedly struck by My punishment
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
There was not one but belied the apostles, wherefore justified was My wrath
Ahmed Ali
Of all these there was not one who did not deny the messengers. So My retribution was justified
Aisha Bewley
Each one of them denied the Messengers and so My punishment was justly carried out.
Ali Ünal
Not one of them but denied the Messengers (sent to them), and therefore My retribution was their just, inevitable due
Ali Quli Qara'i
Each of them did not but impugn the apostles; so My retribution became due [against them]
Hamid S. Aziz
There was none of them but denied the messengers, therefore, just was My retribution
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
They all denied the messengers, so they deserved My punishment.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Not one of them failed to reject the messengers, so My punishment came justly and inevitably
Musharraf Hussain
they denied the messengers and so My punishment was justified.
Maududi
Each of them gave the lie to Messengers and My decree of chastisement came upon them
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Each of them disbelieved the messengers, therefore My retribution came to be
Mohammad Shafi
Not one among them but denied the Messengers. So they deserved My penalty
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
There is none among them but belied the Messengers, so My torment became inevitable.
Each of them disbelieved the messengers and thus, My retribution was inevitable.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
There was not one of those that did not belie the Messengers. Therefore, My retribution was realized
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Not one of them but rejected the messengers, so just was My retribution
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
That (E) each/all except they did (without exception) lied/denied/falsified the messengers, so (they) deserved My punishment
Bijan Moeinian
All the above mentioned people denied their prophets and, therefore, deserved My (God’s) punishment
Faridul Haque
None of them was such that it did not deny the Noble Messengers, therefore My punishment became inevitable
Sher Ali
Not one of them but treated their Messengers as liars, so MY punishment justly overtook them
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Each (one of these) people rejected the Messengers and My torment became inevitable (for them)
Amatul Rahman Omar
Each one had cried lies to the Messengers. So My punishment rightly became due (on them)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Not one of them but belied the Messengers, therefore My Torment was justified
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
There is no one [of them] except that they belied the messengers so My chastisement was rightly passed [against them].
Munir Mezyed
Not one of them but denied the Truth. So My retribution was justified.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Each of them denied the messengers, so the punishment came to pass.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
There was not a one that did not reject the messengers. My punishment came justly.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
None of them but disbelieved the messengers, so My punishment was deserved.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
every last one rejected the messengers, so My punishment was justified.
Samy Mahdy
Surely, all of them but falsified the messengers, so the torment was justified.
Sayyid Qutb
yet each one of them accused God's messengers of lying. Therefore, My retribution fell due.
Ahmed Hulusi
All of them denied the Rasuls... Thus, they deserved the wretched consequence of their deeds!
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
There was none of them but belied the messengers, so just was My retribution.
Each and all of them confederated their hands and their minds to oppose the Messengers and accused them of falsehood; retribution, was therefore justified
Mir Aneesuddin
There was not one (of them) who did not deny the messengers, so (they became) deserving of My retributional (punishment).
The Wise Quran
All not except denied the messengers, and just was My punishment.