We had also sent apostles to people of earlier persuasions.
And indeed We sent Noble Messengers before you, to the former nations.
Indeed, We sent Messengers before thee, among the factions of the ancients,
AND, INDEED, [O Prophet,] even before thy time did We send [Our apostles] unto communities of old -
And assuredly We have sent apostles before thee among the sects of the ancients.
Indeed, We sent Messengers before you (O Muhammad SAW) amongst the sects (communities) of old.
We sent others before you, to the former communities.
(O Muhammad), certainly We did send Messengers before you among the nations which have gone by.
Indeed, We sent (Messengers) before you (O Muhammad) amongst the earlier communities.
We verily sent (messengers) before thee among the factions of the men of old.
Certainly We sent [apostles] before you to former communities,
We have sent forth before you Messengers among the factions of the ancients.
And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muhammad], among the sects of the former peoples.
We sent Messengers to the ancient people who lived before you.
And certainly We sent (apostles) before you among the nations of yore.
Walaqad arsaln<u>a</u> min qablika fee shiyaAAi alawwaleen<b>a</b>
We sent messengers before you to the previous peoples,
We did send messengers before thee amongst the religious sects of old:
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى شِيَعِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
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.
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.
<p>A Lexical Note of Explanation</p><p>The word: اَلشِيَعِ in the first verse (10) is the plural form of: شِیعہ (shah) which means the follower or helper of a person. Then, it is also used to denote a group which agrees upon particular beliefs and theoretical assumptions. So, the sense of the statement is that Allah Ta’ ala has sent messengers among every group or sect. Here, by using the word: فِی in فِي شِيَعِ الْأَوَّلِينَ ( in place of اِلٰی : ila: to (translated as 'among the groups of earlier peoples' ), the hint given is that the messenger for every group was sent from among that particular group so that people would find it easy to trust him, and that he too, by being aware of their taste and temperament, could make appropriate plans to work for their reform.</p>
A Lexical Note of ExplanationThe word: اَلشِيَعِ in the first verse (10) is the plural form of: شِیعہ (shah) which means the follower or helper of a person. Then, it is also used to denote a group which agrees upon particular beliefs and theoretical assumptions. So, the sense of the statement is that Allah Ta’ ala has sent messengers among every group or sect. Here, by using the word: فِی in فِي شِيَعِ الْأَوَّلِينَ ( in place of اِلٰی : ila: to (translated as 'among the groups of earlier peoples' ), the hint given is that the messenger for every group was sent from among that particular group so that people would find it easy to trust him, and that he too, by being aware of their taste and temperament, could make appropriate plans to work for their reform.
<h2 class="title">The Idolators of Every Nation made a Mockery of their Messengers</h2><p>Consoling His Messenger for the rejection of the disbelieving Quraysh, Allah says that He has sent Messengers before him to the nations of the past, and no Messenger came to a nation but they rejected him and mocked him. Then He tells him that He lets disbelief enter the hearts of those sinners who are too stubborn and too arrogant to follow His guidance.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">كَذَلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُ فِى قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ </div><p>(Thus We allow it to enter the hearts of the guilty.) Anas and Al-Hasan Al-Basri said that this referred to Shirk.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ</div><p>(and already the example of the ancients has gone forth.) meaning the destruction wrought by Allah on those who rejected His Messengers, and how He saved His Prophets and their followers in this world and in the Hereafter, is well known.</p>
The Idolators of Every Nation made a Mockery of their MessengersConsoling His Messenger for the rejection of the disbelieving Quraysh, Allah says that He has sent Messengers before him to the nations of the past, and no Messenger came to a nation but they rejected him and mocked him. Then He tells him that He lets disbelief enter the hearts of those sinners who are too stubborn and too arrogant to follow His guidance.كَذَلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُ فِى قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ (Thus We allow it to enter the hearts of the guilty.) Anas and Al-Hasan Al-Basri said that this referred to Shirk.وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ(and already the example of the ancients has gone forth.) meaning the destruction wrought by Allah on those who rejected His Messengers, and how He saved His Prophets and their followers in this world and in the Hereafter, is well known.