65:8 wa ka-ay-yim min qaryatin 'Atat 'An amri rab-bihaa wa rusulihii fa Haasabnaahaa Hisaaban shadiydaw wa 'Adh-dhabnaahaa 'Adhaaban nukraa

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
And many a town existed that rebelled against the command of its Lord and His Noble Messengers, so We took a severe account from it - and struck them with a dreadful punishment.

Yusuf Ali:
How many populations that insolently opposed the Command of their Lord and of His messengers, did We not then call to account,- to severe account?- and We imposed on them an exemplary Punishment.

Pickthal:
And how many a community revolted against the ordinance of its Lord and His messengers, and We called it to a stern account and punished it with dire punishment,