وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٠
And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muḥammad], among the sects of the former peoples.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَلَقَدۡAnd certainlywalaqad
- أَرۡسَلۡنَاWe (had) sentarsalnā
- مِنbefore youmin
- قَبۡلِكَbefore youqablika
- فِيinfī
- شِيَعِthe sectsshiyaʿi
- ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ(of) the former (people)l-awalīna
Tafsir
O Messenger, I sent before you messengers to prior groups of disbelievers and they belied them. So you are not an exceptional messenger from the perspective of being made out as a liar by your people.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran