Many a prophet had We sent to the earlier communities,
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (how many a prophet did we send) did we send before you, o muhammad, (among the men of old) among bygone nations; we knew that they would not believe, but we nonetheless did not leave them without messengers and scriptures!
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : and how many a prophet did we send among the ancients!
