قَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا يَعْلَمُ إِنَّآ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمُرْسَلُونَ
Qaaloo Rabbunaa ya'lamu innaaa ilaikum lamursaloon
They said, "Our Lord knows that we are messengers to you,
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Lessons from past peoples
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← Previous on Lessons from past peoples36:15They said, "You are not but human beings like us, and the Most Merciful has not revealed a thing. You are only telling lies."Next on Lessons from past peoples →36:18They said, "Indeed, we consider you a bad omen. If you do not desist, we will surely stone you, and there will surely touch you, from us, a painful punishment."
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They said ‘Our Lord knows qālū rabbunā ya‘lamu functions like an oath. Emphasis is intensified by this oath and also by the addition of the lām to what was before simply mursalūna ‘we have been sent’ to counter their intensified denial that we have indeed been sent to you by Him!
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