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YUSUFALI : Such were the populations we destroyed when they committed iniquities; but we fixed an appointed time for their destruction.

PICKTHAL : And (all) those townships! We destroyed them when they did wrong, and We appointed a fixed time for their destruction.

SHAKIR : And (as for) these towns, We destroyed them when they acted unjustly, and We have appointed a time for their destruction.

M& HILALI : And these towns (population, 'Ad, Thamud, etc.) We destroyed when they did wrong. And We appointed a fixed time for their destruction.