وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
Walaqad sabaqat kalimatun a liAAib a din a almursaleen a for, long ago has Our word gone forth unto Our servants, the message-bearers,
 - Mohammad Asad
We have already promised Our servants whom We sent as Rasools
 - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Our Word has already gone forth to Our servants, the messengers,
 - Mustafa Khattab
And verily Our word went forth of old unto Our bondmen sent (to warn)
 - Marmaduke Pickthall
Already has Our Word been passed before (this) to Our Servants sent (by Us)
 - Abdullah Yusuf Ali