وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Walaqad d alla qablahum aktharu alawwaleen a Thus, indeed, most of the people of old went astray before them,
 - Mohammad Asad
Most of the ancient went astray before them,
 - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
And surely most of the earlier generations had strayed before them,
 - Mustafa Khattab
And verily most of the men of old went astray before them,
 - Marmaduke Pickthall
And truly before them many of the ancients went astray
 - Abdullah Yusuf Ali