وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
Walaqad arsalna min qablika fee shiyaAAi alawwaleena
And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muhammad], among the sects of the former peoples
