وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلًۭا مِّن قَبْلِكَ مِنْهُم مَّن قَصَصْنَا عَلَيْكَ وَمِنْهُم مَّن لَّمْ نَقْصُصْ عَلَيْكَ ۗ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأْتِىَ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ قُضِىَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ
How to read it
Wa laqad' 'ar'salnā russulan mmin qab'lika min'hum mman qaṣaṣ'nā ʻalay'ka wamin'hum mman llam' naq'ṣuṣ' ʻalay'ka . wamā kāna lirassūlin 'an ya''tiya bi'āyatin 'illā bi'idh'ni -llahi . fa'idhā jā'a 'am'ru -llahi quḍiya bil-ḥaqqi wakhassira hunālika l-mub'ṭilūna
We did aforetime send messengers before thee: of them there are some whose story We have related to thee, and some whose story We have not related to thee. It was not (possible) for any messenger to bring a sign except by the leave of Allah: but when the Command of Allah issued, the matter was decided in truth and justice, and there perished, there and then those who stood on Falsehoods.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali

