لَقَدْ Certainly laqad We took akhadhnā a Covenant mīthāqa (from the) Children banī (of) Israel is'rāīla and We sent wa-arsalnā to them ilayhim Messengers rusulan Whenever kullamā came to them jāahum any Messenger rasūlun with what bimā not lā desired tahwā their souls anfusuhum a group farīqan they denied kadhabū and a group wafarīqan they kill yaqtulūna
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.