40:78 wa laqad arsalnaa rusulam min qablika minhum man qaSaSnaa ‘Alayka wa minhum mal lam naqSuS ‘Alayk* wa maa kaana li rasuulin ay ya’tiya bi aayatin il-laa bi idhnil-laah* fa idhaa jaa-a amrul-laahi quDiya bil Haq-qi wa khasira hunaalikal mubTiluun

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
Indeed We sent many Noble Messengers before you, so We have related to you the affairs of some among them, and not related the affairs of some; and no Noble Messenger has the right to bring any sign except with the command of Allah; so the time when the command of Allah comes, the true judgement will be delivered and there will the people of falsehood be ruined.

Yusuf Ali:
We did aforetime send messengers before thee: of them there are some whose story We have related to thee, and some whose story We have not related to thee. It was not (possible) for any messenger to bring a sign except by the leave of Allah: but when the Command of Allah issued, the matter was decided in truth and justice, and there perished, there and then those who stood on Falsehoods.

Pickthal:
Verily We sent messengers before thee, among them those of whom We have told thee, and some of whom We have not told thee; and it was not given to any messenger that he should bring a portent save by Allah's leave, but when Allah's commandment cometh (the cause) is judged aright, and the followers of vanity will then be lost.