غَافِر : ٧٨

  • وَلَقَدۡ And certainly
  • أَرۡسَلۡنَا We have sent
  • رُسُلٗا Messengers
  • مِّن before you
  • قَبۡلِكَ before you
  • مِنۡهُم Among them
  • مَّن (are) some
  • قَصَصۡنَا We have related
  • عَلَيۡكَ to you
  • وَمِنۡهُم and among them
  • مَّن (are) some
  • لَّمۡ not
  • نَقۡصُصۡ We have related
  • عَلَيۡكَۗ to you
  • وَمَا And not
  • كَانَ is
  • لِرَسُولٍ for any Messenger
  • أَن that
  • يَأۡتِيَ he brings
  • بِـَٔايَةٍ a Sign
  • إِلَّا except
  • بِإِذۡنِ by (the) permission
  • ٱللَّهِۚ (of) Allah
  • فَإِذَا So when
  • جَآءَ comes
  • أَمۡرُ (the) Command
  • ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah
  • قُضِيَ it will be decided
  • بِٱلۡحَقِّ in truth
  • وَخَسِرَ and will lose
  • هُنَالِكَ there
  • ٱلۡمُبۡطِلُونَ the falsifiers
And We have already sent messengers before you. Among them are those [whose stories] We have related to you, and among them are those [whose stories] We have not related to you. And it was not for any messenger to bring a sign [or verse] except by permission of Allāh. So when the command of Allāh comes, it will be concluded [i.e., judged] in truth, and the falsifiers will thereupon lose [all].
And verily We sent messengers before you. Of them are those whom We have recounted to you, and of them are those whom We have not recounted to you: it is reported that God, exalted be He, sent 8,000 prophets, 4,000 prophets [sent] from among the Israelites and [the other] 4,000 from among the remainder of mankind. And it was never [permitted] for any messenger, from among them, to bring a sign except with God's permission, for they are [also] servants enthralled [by Him]. Hence when God's command comes, for the chastisement to be sent down on the disbelievers, judgement, between the messengers and their deniers, is passed justly; and it is thence that the advocates of falsehood become losers, that is to say, [it is thence that] the judgement and the loss become manifest for mankind, although such [advocates of falsehood] will have always been losers always before that.