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a good many of olden times
A throng of the ancient
A (goodly) number from those of old
Source Arabic and Literal tools
thullatun mina l-awalīn
A company of the former people,
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
a good many of olden times
A multitude of those of ol
A (goodly) number from those of old
˹who will be˺ a multitude from earlier generations
a group of the earlier generation
a large group of the earlier people
A numerous company from among the first
A throng of the ancient ones
a multitude from early men
A large number will be from the first generation (who embraced Islam)
a deserving group  from the first set [of believers]
many from those of old
A large company from the earlier generations.
A throng from the ancients
a major portion from the initial ones
Many of them will be from the forme
A throng of the earliest (people,
These (people of the right hand) consist of many from the ancien
(comprising) many from the first generations
A good many of those who led in goodness
(There would be) many (of them) from the earlier (generations)
A (good) number from the first generation (in Islam)
A company of the former people
Many from the early generations.
many from the pas
A multitude from the ancients
A crowd of earlier generation
A large group of the earlier people
A good many of them are from among the first (to have embraced God’s Religion)
A multitude from the former [generations]
A multitude of those of old
a large number of the earlier ones
A number from those in the past
Many from the earlier generations,
a large throng from the ancients
Many [of them will be] from the earlier people
Controversial or status undetermined works
A group from amongst the former ones.
Many from the early generations.
a multitude of the ancients
A multitude from among the first
A group from the first/beginners
The right side people will be those …
A large group from the earlier generations
A large party from among the first believers
Many from the early generations.
A large group of them will be from the earlier people
(This group will consist of) a large party from the earlier people (of Islam)
A multitude of those (on the Right Hand) will be from the first generation (who embraced Islam)
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
A throng of the ancient
There shall be many of the former religions
A crowd of those of yore
A crowd of the former
a multitude from ages past
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
a group (Thullatun) from (Mina) the predecessors (El'Awwaliin),
A multitude from the former people.
A multitude of those on the right hand will be from the ancient people,
A multitude of the early ones.
Some of them will be from days of old.
a throng from the ancients
a multitude from early men
A throng from the former.
A multitude from the former [generations]
A group of them (the people of the right) are from the former people.
A multitude of those will be from the first generation.
a multitude of the earlier people,
Numerous from among the ancients,
Who include a great number of those who preceded
A crowd of the former people,
Obsolete and/or older editions
A (goodly) number from those of old
Many from the early generations.
Many from the early generations
A company of the former people
Thullatun mina al-awwaleena