but we produced generations and prolonged was their duration. and you were not a resident among the people of madyan reciting to them our verses but we were senders .
ولكنا أنشأنا قرونا فتطاول عليهم العمر وما كنت ثاويا في أهل مدين تتلو عليهم آياتنا ولكنا كنا مرسلين