Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
Now there were in the city nine men who were wont to commit deeds of depravity all over the land, and would not reform
Arthur John Arberry
Now in the city there were nine persons who did corruption in the land, and put not things right
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
There were in the city nine men of a family, who made mischief in the land, and would not reform
Arabic
وَكَانَ فِی ٱلۡمَدِینَةِ تِسۡعَةُ رَهۡطࣲ یُفۡسِدُونَ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا یُصۡلِحُونَ ٤٨
Transliteration (2021)
wakāna fī l-madīnati tis'ʿatu rahṭin yuf'sidūna fī l-arḍi walā yuṣ'liḥūn