thereafter we raised up many a generation and a long time passed. you were then not even present among the people of midian to rehearse our verses to them. but it is we who are sending news about that.
ولكنا أنشأنا قرونا فتطاول عليهم العمر وما كنت ثاويا في أهل مدين تتلو عليهم آياتنا ولكنا كنا مرسلين