لَقَدۡ اَخَذۡنَا مِيۡثَاقَ بَنِيۡ٘ اِسۡرَآءِيۡلَ وَاَرۡسَلۡنَا٘ اِلَيۡهِمۡ رُسُلًاؕ كُلَّمَا جَآءَهُمۡ رَسُوۡلٌۭ بِمَا لَا تَهۡوٰ٘ي اَنۡفُسُهُمۡۙ فَرِيۡقًا كَذَّبُوۡا وَفَرِيۡقًا يَّقۡتُلُوۡنَࣗ‏

We had already taken the covenant of the Children of Israel and had sent to them messengers. Whenever there came to them a messenger with what their souls did not desire, a party [of messengers] they denied, and another party they killed