Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:6

21:6

مَآ ءَامَنَتْ قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَآ ۖ أَفَهُمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ

mā āmanat qablahum min qaryatin ahlaknāhā afahum yu'minūna

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

— Saheeh International

But of the communities We destroyed before them not a single one believed. Will these now believe?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

مَآmāNot
ءَامَنَتْāmanatbelieved
قَبْلَهُمqablahumbefore them
مِّنminany
قَرْيَةٍqaryatintown
أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَآۖahlaknāhāwhich We destroyed
أَفَهُمْafahumso will they
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve