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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread) · Ayah 70

لَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَـٰقَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَأَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمْ رُسُلًا ۖ كُلَّمَا جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌۢ بِمَا لَا تَهْوَىٰٓ أَنفُسُهُمْ فَرِيقًا كَذَّبُوا۟ وَفَرِيقًا يَقْتُلُونَ 70

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.

لَقَدْlaqadCertainly

أَخَذْنَاakhadhnāWe took

أخذa-kh-dhverb

مِيثَـٰقَmīthāqaa Covenant

وثقw-th-qnoun

بَنِىٓbanī(from the) Children

بنيb-n-ynoun

إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel

noun

وَأَرْسَلْنَآwa-arsalnāand We sent

رسلr-s-lverb

إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them