Quran 15:10 — Al-Hijr, verse 10
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We sent messengers among the various communities of old,
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ الْأَوَّلِينَ
walaqad arsalnā min qablika fī shiyaʿi l-awalīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Indeed, We sent Messengers before thee, among the factions of the ancients,
- Muhammad Asad
- AND, INDEED, [O Prophet,] even before thy time did We send [Our apostles] unto communities of old -
- Sahih International
- And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muḥammad], among the sects of the former peoples.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And certainly | — |
| 2 | أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnā | We (had) sent | رسل |
| 3 | مِنmin | before you | — |
| 4 | قَبْلِكَqablika | before you | قبل |
| 5 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 6 | شِيَعِshiyaʿi | the sects | شيع |
| 7 | ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna | (of) the former (people) | أول |