Thus, indeed, most of the people of old went astray before them

And surely most of the earlier generations had strayed before them,

Most of the earlier peoples went astray before them,

walaqad ḍalla qablahum aktharu l-awalīn

And verily, went astray before them most (of) the former (people),

Thus, indeed, most of the people of old went astray before them

And verily most of the men of old went astray before them

And truly before them, many of the ancients went astray;

And surely most of the earlier generations had strayed before them,

Most of the earlier peoples went astray before them,

And assuredly many of the ancients went astray before them

And certainly most of the ancients went astray before them

And, certainly, went astray most of the ancient ones before them.

Most primitive men went astray before them,

and indeed most of the ancient people went astray before them

And before them most of those of old had indeed gone astray

And surely, indeed most of the earlier people before them went astray

Most of the ancients went astray before them

And most of the ancients before them went astray

And indeed before them already erred away most of the earliest (people)

Most of the ancient people had also gone astray

Most of the earlier ones (too) had gone astray before them

This is how, indeed, most of the people of the old had gone astray before them

(Even though they knew that) the earlier people (blundered and) had gone astray

And indeed, before them, many (people) from the olden days went astray—

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

Most of the previous generations have strayed before them

most men in the past went astray

And assuredly there went stray before them many of the ancients

So had many an earlier people gone astray

Most of the earlier peoples went astray before them

Indeed, most of those (communities) that lived before them went astray

Certainly most of the ancients went astray before them

And certainly most of the ancients went astray before them

And most of the earlier ones have certainly lost (the right path) before them

And truly before them, many of the ancients went astray

previously, most of them were misguided.

Before them a multitude of people of olden times had erred

Most of the previous generations have strayed before them.

And most of the ancient peoples did go astray before them

And undoubtedly, most of the ancient went astray before them.

Most of the previous generations have strayed in the same manner.

yet before them most of the ancients went astray

And indeed We sent among them warners

And most of the first/beginners had been (E) misguided before them

Their wrong religions were established by those before them to whom God sent…

And indeed before them, most of the former people went astray

And most of the ancient peoples had erred before them

And in fact, most of the former people (also) lost the straight path

And most of the ancient people had erred before them

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

Before them erred most of the ancients

For the greater part of the ancients erred before them

but there had erred before them most of those of yore

Also before them the greater number of the ancients had erred

Most of the ancients went astray before them

Truly, before them, many ancient people went astray.

Most primitive men went astray before them,

Most of the people of old went astray before them;

Indeed, most of the former people before them had also gone astray (from the reality)!

And indeed most of the ancient went astray before them.

Similarly behaved long before them most of those of old; they insisted on treading the path of error

And the majority of the ancients before them, indeed went astray,

And truly before them, many of the ancients went astray;

And verily, went astray before them most (of) the former (people)