وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ الْأَوَّلِينَ ١٠
We did send messengers before thee amongst the religious sects of old:
15:11
وَمَا يَأْتِيهِمْ مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ ١١
But never came a messenger to them but they mocked him.
15:12
كَذَٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ ١٢
Even so do we let it creep into the hearts of the sinners -
15:13
لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ ۖ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ الْأَوَّلِينَ ١٣
That they should not believe in the (Message); but the ways of the ancients have passed away.
15:14
وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ بَابًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَظَلُّوا فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ ١٤
Even if We opened out to them a gate from heaven, and they were to continue (all day) ascending therein,