ثُمَّ Then thumma We sent arsalnā Our Messengers rusulanā (in) succession tatrā Every time kulla Every time mā came jāa (to) a nation ummatan its Messenger rasūluhā they denied him kadhabūhu so We made (them) follow fa-atbaʿnā some of them baʿḍahum others baʿḍan and We made them wajaʿalnāhum narrations aḥādītha So away fabuʿ'dan with a people liqawmin not lā they believe yu'minūna
Then We sent Our messengers in succession. Every time there came to a nation its messenger, they denied him, so We made them follow one another [to destruction], and We made them narrations.1 So away with a people who do not believe.