18:59 wa tilkal quraa ahlaknaahum lam-maa Zalamuu wa ja'Alnaa li mahlikihim maw'Idaa

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
And these towns - We destroyed them when they committed injustice, and We had set an appointed time for their destruction.

Yusuf Ali:
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.