Muhammad Habib Shakir: Are they better or the people of Tubba and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.
Abdullah 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.
M.Pickthall: Are they better, or the folk of Tubb´a and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.
Amatul Rahmân Omer: Are they superior to the people of (Yemanite King) Tubba`, and to those (who flourished) even before them? We destroyed them (all) because they were certainly guilty.
