And so it is that thy Sustainer would never destroy a community116 for its wrongdoing so long as its people are still unaware [of the meaning of right and wrong]:
 - Mohammad Asad
Mohammad Asad
This testimony will be taken in order to prove, that your Rabb would not destroy towns without just cause while their residents were ignorant of the Reality.
 - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik This 'sending of the messengers' is because your Lord would never destroy a society for their wrongdoing while its people are unaware 'of the truth'.
 - Mustafa Khattab
Mustafa Khattab
This is because thy Lord destroyeth not the townships arbitrarily while their people are unconscious (of the wrong they do).
 - Marmaduke Pickthall
Marmaduke Pickthall (The apostles were sent) thus for thy Lord would not destroy for their wrong-doing men's habitations whilst their occupants were unwarned.
 - Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf Ali