23:71 walawit-taba'Al Haq-qu ahwaa-ahum la fasadatis samaawaatu wal arDu wa man fiyhinn* bal ataynaahum bi dhikrihim fahum 'An dhikrihim mu'ÅriDuun

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
And had the Truth followed their desires, then indeed the heavens and the earth and all those who are in them would be destroyed; in fact We brought to them a thing in which lay their repute, so they are turned away from their own repute.

Yusuf Ali:
If the Truth had been in accord with their desires, truly the heavens and the earth, and all beings therein would have been in confusion and corruption! Nay, We have sent them their admonition, but they turn away from their admonition.

Pickthal:
And if the Truth had followed their desires, verily the heavens and the earth and whosoever is therein had been corrupted. Nay, We have brought them their Reminder, but from their Reminder they now turn away.