There were nine men in the city who used to spread corruption

﴿وَكَانَ فِي ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ تِسۡعَةُ رَهۡطٖ يُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا يُصۡلِحُونَ ﴾
[النَّمل: 48]

There were nine men in the city who used to spread corruption in the land without doing anything good

﴿وكان في المدينة تسعة رهط يفسدون في الأرض ولا يصلحون﴾ [النَّمل: 48]

Mohammad Habib Shakir
And there were in the city nine persons who made mischief in the land and did not act aright

Mohammad Shafi
And there were in the city nine of a leading family. They caused corruption to spread on earth, and they would not reform

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
And there were in the city nine persons who made mischief in the land and reformed not

Mufti Taqi Usmani
And there were nine persons in the city who used to make mischief on the earth and did not put things right

Muhammad Asad
Now there were in the city nine men who were wont to commit deeds of depravity all over the land, and would not reform

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And (there) was in the city nine (men of) a clan who corrupted in the land and did not act righteously

Muhammad Sarwar
There were nine tribes in the city spreading evil without any reform in the land

Muhammad Taqi Usmani
And there were nine persons in the city who used to make mischief on the earth and did not put things right

Mustafa Khattab Allah Edition
And there were in the city nine ˹elite˺ men who spread corruption in the land, never doing what is right

Mustafa Khattab God Edition
And there were in the city nine ˹elite˺ men who spread corruption in the land, never doing what is right

N J Dawood
In the town there was a band of nine men, who did evil in the land and nothing that was good

Safi Kaskas
And in the town there were heads of nine clans who spread mischief in the land and did no good