Surah As-Saffat (الصافات) • Those who set the Ranks

Quran 37:71

37:71

وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

walaqad ḍalla qablahum aktharu l-awalīna

And there had already strayed before them most of the former peoples,

— Saheeh International

most men in the past went astray,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And indeed most of the men of old went astray before them;

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

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Word by Word

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
ضَلَّḍallawent astray
قَبْلَهُمْqablahumbefore them
أَكْثَرُaktharumost
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)