129. Qaloo
ootheena min qabli an ta/tiyana wamin baAAdi
ma ji/tana qala AAasa rabbukum an
yuhlika AAaduwwakum wayastakhlifakum fee al-ardi
fayanthura kayfa
taAAmaloona
Translation
129. They said: "We (Children of Israel) had suffered troubles
before you came to us, and since you have come to us." He said: "It
may be that your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you
successors on the earth, so that He may see how you act?"