AND, INDEED, [O Prophet,] even before thy time did We send [Our apostles] unto communities of old

Indeed, We sent messengers before you ˹O Prophet˺ among the groups of early peoples,

We sent [messengers] before you, to earlier communities.

walaqad arsalnā min qablika fī shiyaʿi l-awalīn

And certainly We (had) sent from before you in the sects (of) the former (people).

AND, INDEED, [O Prophet,] even before thy time did We send [Our apostles] unto communities of old

We verily sent (messengers) before thee among the factions of the men of old

We did send messengers before thee amongst the religious sects of old

Indeed, We sent messengers before you ˹O Prophet˺ among the groups of early peoples,

We sent [messengers] before you, to earlier communities.

We sent messengers before you to the previous peoples

And certainly We sent (messengers) before you among the nations of yore

And, certainly, We sent Messengers before thee to partisans of the ancient ones.

Even before you, We sent [some] down among the sects of early people;

Indeed, We sent (Messengers) before you (O Muhammad) amongst the early communities;

We indeed sent [messengers] before thee to communities among those of old

And surely, indeed, We sent before you amongst the sects (those who brought change in the Permanent Religion of Islam) of the earlier people

Certainly We sent Messengers before you among the early nations

We sent others before you, to the former communities

And indeed We sent (Messengers) even before you among the sects of the earliest (people)

We sent Messengers to the ancient people who lived before you

We did send the messengers before you among the groups of earlier peoples

And indeed (O Prophet) even before your time We sent Messengers to the communities

Indeed, prior to you too, We sent (messengers) __ even to ancient tribes

And indeed, We sent (messengers) before you from the religious people of earlier communities

And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muhammad], among the sects of the former peoples

And We have sent before you to the groups of old

We sent messengers among the various communities of old

And assuredly We have sent apostles before thee among the sects of the ancients

We had also sent apostles to people of earlier persuasions

We sent Messengers before you among the disparate groups of previous peoples.

Certainly We sent Messengers before you among the communities of old

Certainly We sent [apostles] before you to former communities

We, verily, sent Messengers before you among the sects of men in past ages

And We have certainly sent (messengers) before you to the previous groups

We sent messengers before you among the ancient religions

We sent messengers to the ancient communities before you,

(O Muhammad), certainly We did send Messengers before you among the nations which have gone by

AndWe had sent before you, among the groups of old.

And We did certainly send Messengers, before you, among the earlier generations

And assuredly. We sent messengers before you amongst earlier peoples.

We have sent (messengers) before you to the communities in the past.

We have sent forth before you Messengers among the factions of the ancients

And certainly We sent (messengers) before thee among the sects of yore

And We had descended from before you in the first's/beginner's groups/parties

O’ Mohammad

And indeed We sent Noble Messengers before you, to the former nations

And WE sent Messengers before thee among parties of ancient people

And We indeed sent Messengers before you as well amongst the earlier generations

Indeed, We sent (Messengers) before you to the sects of the former peoples

Indeed, We sent Messengers before you (O Muhammad SAW) amongst the sects (communities) of old

Indeed, We sent Messengers before thee, among the factions of the ancients

We have heretofore sent apostles before thee, among the ancient sects

And we sent before thee among the sects of those of yore

And already have We sent Apostles, before thee, among the sects of the ancients

We have sent forth apostles before you to the older nations

Certainly, before you [Muhammed], we sent messengers to the bygone communities.

Even before you, We sent [some] down among the sects of early people;

Indeed We have sent before you messengers to communities of old,

Indeed, We also disclosed (Rasuls) before you, among the first people who shared the same belief.

And indeed, We sent (messengers) before you among the nations of the ancients.

We sent Messengers before you O Muhammad to the various sects of the distant past who were adherents of different systems of faith and worship

And We had indeed sent (messengers) before you to the ancient sects.

We did send apostles before thee amongst the religious sects of old

And certainly We (had) sent before you in the sects (of) the former (people)