Surah Al-Hijr 15:10 — translation and meaning

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وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ الْأَوَّلِينَ

Word by Word

وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
أَرْسَلْنَا
arsalna
We (had) sent
مِن
min
before you
قَبْلِكَ
qablika
before you
فِي
fi
in
شِيَعِ
shiya'i
the sects
الْأَوَّلِينَ
al-awalina
(of) the former (people)

Transliteration

Wa laqad arsalnaa min qablika fee shiya'il awwaleen

Translation

And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muhammad], among the sects of the former peoples.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

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.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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