We made a covenant of old with the Children of Israel and We sent unto them messengers. As often as a messenger came unto them with that which their souls desired not (they became rebellious). Some (of them) they denied and some they slew.
به تحقيق ما از بنى اسرائيل پيمان گرفتيم و پيامبرانى به سوى آنها فرستاديم، [اما] هرگاه پيامبرى تعليماتى براى آنها آورد كه دلخواهشان نبود، گروهى را دروغگو شمردند و گروهى را كشتند