How many a township We have destroyed (because they did not pay heed to Our warning). Our scourge fell upon them at night or when they were taking their ease in the noontime
(You will find ample documentation in history that when communities ignored Our Permanent Value System they met with destruction.) How many a community Our Law of Requital has annihilated! Our Requital visited them by night, or while they slept at noon
And how many towns have We destroyed (for the sins of their people)? Our punishment took them all of a sudden by night or during their sleep for their afternoon rest
How many towns have We destroyed for their sins? Our scourge took them all of a sudden at night or while they were taking their afternoon rest
Dr. Munir Munshey
Many towns have We destroyed! Our punishment came upon them at night (when they slept), or while they napped (during the day)
Dr. Kamal Omar
And so many out of the habitations We destroyed them — so Our punishment came to them by night or (while) they are those who are tahead of state rest in afternoon
If you only knew how many towns of the disbelievers I destroyed in account of their wrong doings. My punishment came to them at night or in the afternoon while they had a siesta
Faridul Haque
And many a township did We destroy - so Our punishment came to them at night or while they were sleeping at noon
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
How many a village have We laid in ruin! In the night Our Might fell upon it, or at midday when they were drowsy
And how many a town have We destroyed! So Our punishment came to it by night or while they slept at midday
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
And how many from a village/urban city We destroyed it , so Our might/power came to it suddenly at night/overnight, or (while) they are saying/relaxing at midday
And a great number of towns (their population) We destroyed (for their crimes). Our torment came upon them (suddenly) by night or while they were sleeping for their afternoon rest
Yet how many a town have we destroyed, and our violence came upon it by night, or while they slept at noon; and their cry, when our violence came upon them
How many cities of people We have destroyed; Our torment came to them while they were sleeping at night or during the day.
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
And how many a town that We have destroyed, Our punishment came unto them by night or while they slept at midday
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim
How many towns did We reduce into a useless form in requital of their wickedness which grew more and more daily. Great was Our indignation against them that it spoke thunder on some at night while asleep* and on others during their siesta**