Our word had already been given before to Our votaries, the apostles, --
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (and verily our word went forth of old) was enjoined that victory and the upper hand will be given (unto our bondmen sent (to warn)
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : and verily our word, [containing the promise] of victory, has gone beforehand in favour of our servants, the messengers: and that [word] is, i shall assuredly prevail, i and my messengers [q. 58:21] —
