7:129
قَالُوٓا۟
أُوذِينَا
مِن
قَبْلِ
أَن
تَأْتِيَنَا
وَمِنۢ
بَعْدِ
مَا
جِئْتَنَا ۚ
قَالَ
عَسَىٰ
رَبُّكُمْ
أَن
يُهْلِكَ
عَدُوَّكُمْ
وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ
فِى
ٱلْأَرْضِ
فَيَنظُرَ
كَيْفَ
تَعْمَلُونَ
١٢٩
and they replied, ‘We were being persecuted long before you came to us, and since then too.’ He said, ‘Your Lord may well destroy your enemy and make you successors to the land to see how you behave.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem