لَقَدْlaqadCertainlyاَخَذْنَاakhadhnāWe tookم۪يثَاقَmīthāqaa Covenantبَن۪ٓيbanī(from the) Childrenاِسْرَٓائ۪لَis'rāīla(of) Israelوَاَرْسَلْـنَٓاwa-arsalnāand We sentاِلَيْهِمْilayhimto themرُسُلاًۜrusulanMessengersكُلَّمَاkullamāWheneverجَٓاءَهُمْjāahumcame to themرَسُولٌrasūlunany Messengerبِمَاbimāwith whatلَاlānotتَهْوٰٓىtahwādesiredاَنْفُسُهُمْۙanfusuhumtheir soulsفَر۪يقاًfarīqana groupكَذَّبُواkadhabūthey deniedوَفَر۪يقاًwafarīqanand a groupيَقْتُلُونَyaqtulūnathey killWe have taken the covenant of the Children of Israel and We sent to them Our messengers. Every time a messenger came to them with what their minds did not desire, a group of them they would reject, and a group of them they would kill.