And indeed most of the earlier ones went astray before them

﴿وَلَقَدۡ ضَلَّ قَبۡلَهُمۡ أَكۡثَرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ﴾
[الصَّافَات: 71]

﴿ولقد ضل قبلهم أكثر الأولين﴾ [الصَّافَات: 71]

Shabbir Ahmed
This is how, indeed, most of the people of the old had gone astray before them

Syed Vickar Ahamed
And indeed, before them, many (people) from the olden days went astray—

Talal A Itani New Translation
And most of the ancients before them went astray

Talal Itani
And most of the ancients before them went astray

Tbirving
Most primitive men went astray before them

The Monotheist Group Edition
Most of the previous generations have strayed before them

The Study Quran
And before them most of those of old had indeed gone astray

Umm Muhammad
And there had already strayed before them most of the former peoples

Wahiduddin Khan
And assuredly many of the ancients went astray before them

Yusuf Ali Orig
And truly before them, many of the ancients went astray

And indeed most of the earlier ones went astray before them 37:71 English_Arabic translation