we did aforetime send messengers before thee of them there are some whose story we have related to thee and some whose story we have not related to thee. it was not for any messenger to bring a sign except by the leave of allah but when the command of allah issued the matter was decided in truth and justice and there perished there and then those who stood on falsehoods.
ولقد أرسلنا رسلا من قبلك منهم من قصصنا عليك ومنهم من لم نقصص عليك وما كان لرسول أن يأتي بآية إلا بإذن الله فإذا جاء أمر الله قضي بالحق وخسر هنالك المبطلون