Before your time We sent other messengers: of them there are some whose story We have related to you, and some whose story We have not related to you. It was not [possible] for any messenger to bring a sign except by the leave of God: but when the command of God was issued, the matter was decided in truth and justice. There and then, those who stood on falsehoods perished.
و مسلما پيش از تو رسولانى را روانه كرديم كه سرگذشت برخى از آنها را بر تو حكايت كرده‌ايم و سرگذشت برخى از ايشان را بر تو حكايت نكرده‌ايم. و هيچ رسولى را نرسد كه جز به اذن خدا معجزه‌اى بياورد. پس چون فرمان خدا [براى مجازات آنها] برسد به حق داورى مى‌شو