Surah 15 · verse 10
Al-Hijr 15:10
Sign in to listenوَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ الْأَوَّلِينَ
wa-laqad arsalna min qablika fi shiya' al-awwalin
And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muhammad], among the sects of the former peoples.
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
لَّوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِالْمَلَائِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ
Why do you not bring us the angels, if you should be among the truthful?"
Verse 8مَا نُنَزِّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوا إِذًا مُّنظَرِينَ
We do not send down the angels except with truth; and the disbelievers would not then be reprieved.
Verse 9إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ
Indeed, it is We who sent down the Qur'an and indeed, We will be its guardian.
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ الْأَوَّلِينَ
And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muhammad], among the sects of the former peoples.
وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
And no messenger would come to them except that they ridiculed him.
Verse 12كَذَٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ
Thus do We insert denial into the hearts of the criminals.
Verse 13لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ ۖ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples.
