فُصِّلَت : ١٤

  • إِذۡ When
  • جَآءَتۡهُمُ came to them
  • ٱلرُّسُلُ the Messengers
  • مِنۢ from before them
  • بَيۡنِ from before them
  • أَيۡدِيهِمۡ from before them
  • وَمِنۡ and from
  • خَلۡفِهِمۡ behind them
  • أَلَّا (saying) Do not
  • تَعۡبُدُوٓاْ worship
  • إِلَّا but
  • ٱللَّهَۖ Allah
  • قَالُواْ They said
  • لَوۡ If
  • شَآءَ (had) willed
  • رَبُّنَا our Lord
  • لَأَنزَلَ surely, He (would have) sent down
  • مَلَٰٓئِكَةٗ Angels
  • فَإِنَّا So indeed, we
  • بِمَآ in what
  • أُرۡسِلۡتُم you have been sent
  • بِهِۦ with
  • كَٰفِرُونَ (are) disbelievers
[That occurred] when the messengers had come to them before them and after them, [saying], "Worship not except Allāh." They said, "If our Lord had willed,1 He would have sent down the angels, so indeed we, in that with which you have been sent, are disbelievers."
Footnotes
1 - To send messengers.
When the messengers came to them from in front of them and from behind them, that is, coming to them [to warn them] and leaving them behind [as they departed], but they disbelieved, as will be stated shortly -the destruction [of them meant] would only take place in his time - saying, 'Worship none but God', they said, 'Had our Lord willed, He would have surely sent down, to us, angels; therefore we indeed disbelieve in what you, according to your claim, have been sent with!'