44:37 a hum khayrun am qawmu tub-ba'Iw wal-ladhiyna min qablihim* ahlaknaahum in-nahum kaanuu mujrimiyn

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
Are they better, or the people of Tubba? And those who were before them? We destroyed them; they were indeed criminals.

Yusuf Ali:
What! Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who were before them? We destroyed them because they were guilty of sin.

Pickthal:
Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.