they replied we were being persecuted before you came to us and we are still being persecuted. he said your lord may well destroy your enemy and make you successors to the land. then he will see how you conduct yourselves.
قالوا أوذينا من قبل أن تأتينا ومن بعد ما جئتنا قال عسى ربكم أن يهلك عدوكم ويستخلفكم في الأرض فينظر كيف تعملون