15:10
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Transliteration:
Walaqad arsalna min qablika fee shiyaAAi al-awwaleena
Word by Word:
And certainly We (had) sent before you in the sects (of) the former (people).
Translations:
AND, INDEED, [O Prophet,] even before thy time did We send [Our apostles] unto communities of old -
We did send apostles before thee amongst the religious sects of old:
We verily sent (messengers) before thee among the factions of the men of old.
And certainly We sent (messengers) before thee among the sects of yore.
And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muhammad], among the sects of the former peoples.