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