ٱلرُّوم : ٤٩

  • وَإِن And certainly
  • كَانُواْ they were
  • مِن before
  • قَبۡلِ before
  • أَن [that]
  • يُنَزَّلَ it was sent down
  • عَلَيۡهِم upon them
  • مِّن [before it]
  • قَبۡلِهِۦ [before it]
  • لَمُبۡلِسِينَ surely in despair
Although they were, before it was sent down upon them - before that, in despair.
Though indeed before it was sent down upon them, before that (min qablihi is [repeated] for emphasis) they had been despondent, despairing of its sending down.