56. Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Verse 45
اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَبْلَ ذٰلِكَ مُتْرَف۪ينَۚ
Innahum kanoo qabla thalikamutrafeen
Before that they were living in luxury,
- Progressive Muslims
They used to be indulged in luxury before this.
- Shabbir Ahmed
Behold, before this, they were sunk in luxury, exploiting the poor.
- Sam Gerrans
They were, before that, opulent,
- The Monotheist Group
They used to be indulged in luxury before this.
- Edip-Layth
They used to be indulged in luxury before this.
- Aisha Bewley
Before that they were living in luxury,
- Rashad Khalifa
They used to be rich.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
They were endowed with good things
- Sahih International
Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,
- Muhammad Asad
For, behold, in times gone by they were wont to abandon themselves wholly to the pursuit of pleasures,
- Marmaduke Pickthall
Lo! heretofore they were effete with luxury
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
Lawless and passionate was their desire for lust and luxury.
- Bijan Moeinian
They were people who used to have an easy and comfortable life before meeting this misfortune.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
Verily, before that, they indulged in luxury,
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
For that they were wont to be indulged, before that, in wealth (and luxury),
- Mustafa Khattab
Indeed, before this ˹torment˺ they were spoiled by luxury,
- Taqi Usmani
They were earlier in luxuries,
- Abdul Haleem
Before, they overindulged in luxury
- Arthur John Arberry
and before that they lived at ease,
- E. Henry Palmer
Verily, they were affluent ere this,
- Hamid S. Aziz
Surely they were before this made to live in ease and plenty.
- Mahmoud Ghali
Surely they were before that (living) in ease and luxury.
- George Sale
For they enjoyed the pleasures of life before this, while on earth;
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
Verily, they used to indulge, before that, in wealth (and luxury).
- Amatul Rahman Omar
They, of course, lived a life of ease and abundance before this (in the present world).
- Ali Quli Qarai
Indeed they had been affluent before this,