In the city was a gang of nine who made mischief in the land and did no good.
An-Naml 27:48
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وَكَانَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ
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In the city was a gang of nine who made mischief in the land and did no good.
In the city, there were nine people who always caused trouble, and never tried to make things better.
In the city, there were nine troublemakers who spread corruption everywhere and never did anything good.
In the city there were nine men who spread corruption in the land and did no good.
In the city was a gang of nine who made mischief in the land, and would not reform.
In the city was a gang of nine who made mischief in the land, and would not reform.
And there were in the city nine family heads causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs].
And there were in the city nine men (from the sons of their chiefs), who made mischief in the land, and would not reform.
There were nine men in the city who used to spread corruption in the land without doing anything good.
There were in the city nine men of a family, who made mischief in the land, and would not reform.
And there were in the city nine persons who made mischief in the land and reformed not.
There were in the city nine men who spread corruption in the land, and would not reform.
Now there were nine ring-leaders in the city who created corruption in the land and never worked to set things right.
There were nine persons in the city who caused corruption in the land and did not set things right.
Wakana fee almadeenati tisAAatu rahtin yufsidoona fee alardi wala yuslihoona