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As a result, many went astray.

He kept repeating it in Arabic several times.

It shall be for the priests who are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, who have kept my instruction, who didn't go astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.

It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.

So had many an earlier people gone astray ,

And indeed before them , most of the former people went astray .

Before them erred most of the ancients ,

And assuredly there went stray before them many of the ancients .

And indeed most of the men of old went astray before them

And most of the ancients before them went astray .

Before them a multitude of people of olden times had erred ,

And verily most of the men of old went astray before them ,

Most of the former peoples went astray before them ,

yet before them most of the ancients went astray ,

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

Most of the ancient people had also gone astray .

And certainly most of the ancients went astray before them ,

And assuredly many of the ancients went astray before them ,

And truly before them , many of the ancients went astray

Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back,

Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him

But the Levites who went far from me, when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity.

And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols they shall even bear their iniquity.

Verily your Lord knows those who have gone astray from His path , and He knows those who are guided on the way .

Indeed your Lord well knows those who have strayed from His path , and He well knows those who are upon guidance .

Surely thy Lord knows very well those who have gone astray from His way , and He knows very well those who are guided .

Verily thy Lord ! He is the best Knower of him who strayeth from His path , and He is the best Knower of the guided one ,

Verily , your Lord knows better , who ( among men ) has gone astray from His Path , and He knows better those who are guided .

Your Lord knows best who has strayed from His path , and He knows best the well guided .

Surely your Lord knows well those who have strayed from His Way just as He knows well those who are on the Right Way .

Lo ! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way , and He is Best Aware of those who walk aright .

Indeed your Lord knows best those who stray from His way , and He knows best those who are guided .

Indeed , your Lord knows very well those who strayed from His Path , and those who are guided .

Indeed , your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way , and He is most knowing of the rightly guided .

Your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His path and who is rightly guided .

Surely your Lord best knows him who errs from His way , and He best knows the followers of the right course .

Your Lord knows best who has fallen by the wayside , and who has remained on the true path .

Verily it is thy Lord that knoweth best , which ( among men ) hath strayed from His Path and He knoweth best those who receive ( true ) Guidance .

Theirs whose effort is misspent in pursuit of the pleasures of the world , even though they think they are doing good things .

Of those whose efforts are lost in ( pursuit of ) the life of this world , and they think that they are doing good deeds .

Those whose striving goes astray in the present life , while they think that they are working good deeds .

They are those whose effort is wasted in the life of the world , and they deem that they are doing well in performance .

Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life while they thought that they were acquiring good by their deeds !

Those whose efforts in this world are misguided , while they assume that they are doing well .