Surah Al-Ma'idah, ayah 70
لَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَـٰقَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَأَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمْ رُسُلًا ۖ كُلَّمَا جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌۢ بِمَا لَا تَهْوَىٰٓ أَنفُسُهُمْ فَرِيقًا كَذَّبُوا۟ وَفَرِيقًا يَقْتُلُونَ
We had already taken the covenant of the Children of Israel and had sent to them messengers. Whenever there came to them a messenger with what their souls did not desire, a party [of messengers] they denied, and another party they killed.
Al-Ma'idah · 5:70
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- لَقَدْlaqadCertainly
- أَخَذْنَاakhadhnāWe took
- مِيثَـٰقَmīthāqaa Covenant
- بَنِىٓbanī(from the) Children
- إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel
- وَأَرْسَلْنَآwa-arsalnāand We sent
- إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
- رُسُلًۭا ۖrusulanMessengers
- كُلَّمَاkullamāWhenever
- جَآءَهُمْjāahumcame to them
- رَسُولٌۢrasūlunany Messenger
- بِمَاbimāwith what
- لَاlānot
- تَهْوَىٰٓtahwādesired
- أَنفُسُهُمْanfusuhumtheir souls
- فَرِيقًۭاfarīqana group
- كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūthey denied
- وَفَرِيقًۭاwafarīqanand a group
- يَقْتُلُونَyaqtulūnathey kill
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