Yusuf Ali
And what is there to keep back men from believing, now that Guidance has come to them, nor from praying for forgiveness from their Lord, but that (they ask that) the ways of the ancients be repeated with them, or the Wrath be brought to them face to face?

Sahih International
And nothing has prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them and from asking forgiveness of their Lord except that there [must] befall them the [accustomed] precedent of the former peoples or that the punishment should come [directly] before them.

Shakir
And nothing prevents men from believing when the guidance comes to them, and from asking forgiveness of their Lord, except that what happened to the ancients should overtake them, or that the chastisement should come face to face with them.

Pickthall
And naught hindereth mankind from believing when the guidance cometh unto them, and from asking forgiveness of their Lord unless (it be that they wish) that the judgment of the men of old should come upon them or (that) they should be confronted with the Doom.

محمد جالندھری
اور لوگوں کے پاس جب ہدایت آگئی تو ان کو کس چیز نے منع کیا کہ ایمان لائیں۔ اور اپنے پروردگار سے بخشش مانگیں۔ بجز اس کے کہ (اس بات کے منتظر ہوں کہ) انہیں بھی پہلوں کا سا معاملہ پیش آئے یا ان پر عذاب سامنے آموجود ہو