وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلًۭا مِّن قَبْلِكَ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا وَذُرِّيَّةًۭ ۚ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأْتِىَ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ لِكُلِّ أَجَلٍۢ كِتَابٌۭ
How to read it
Wa laqad' 'ar'salnā russulan mmin qab'lika wajaʻalnā lahum' 'az'wājan wadhurriyyatan . wamā kāna lirassūlin 'an ya''tiya bi'āyatin 'illā bi'idh'ni -llahi . likulli 'ajalin kitābun
We did send messengers before thee, and appointed for them wives and children: and it was never the part of a messenger to bring a sign except as Allah permitted (or commanded). For each period is a Book (revealed).
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali

