Surah Al-Ma'idah

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

Laqad akhażnā mīṡāqa banī isrā'īla wa arsalnā ilaihim rusulā(n), kullamā jā'ahum rasūlum bimā lā tahwā anfusuhum, farīqan każżabū wa farīqay yaqtulūn(a).

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.

📝 Footnotes
221) That is, the covenant to believe in Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and His messengers.

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