ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Thullatun mina alawwaleen a a good many of olden times,
 - Mohammad Asad
Many of them will be from the former
 - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
'who will be' a multitude from earlier generations
 - Mustafa Khattab
A multitude of those of old
 - Marmaduke Pickthall
A (goodly) number from those of old 5241
 - Abdullah Yusuf Ali