They replied: "Did we not forbid you again and again to extend - Surah Al-hijr ayat 70 in English

﴿قَالُوٓاْ أَوَلَمۡ نَنۡهَكَ عَنِ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ﴾
[الحِجر: 70]

They replied: "Did we not forbid you again and again to extend hospitality to all and sundry

﴿قالوا أو لم ننهك عن العالمين﴾ [الحِجر: 70]

Abdel Haleem
They answered, ‘Have we not told you not to interfere [between us and] anyone else?’

Abdul Hye
They (people of the city) said: “Did we not forbid you from (entertaining) any of the people?”

Abdullah Yusuf Ali
They said: "Did we not forbid thee (to speak) for all and sundry

Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They said: forbade we not thee against the worlds

Ahmed Ali
Did we not restrain you," they said, "from (entertaining) creatures from the outside world

Aisha Bewley
They said, ´Did we not forbid you to play host to anyone at all?´

A. J. Arberry
They said, 'Have we not forbidden thee all beings

Ali Quli Qarai
They said, ‘Did we not forbid you from [defending] strangers?’