Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 10

وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ١٠

walaqad arsalnā min qablika fī shiyaʿi l-awalīna

And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muḥammad], among the sects of the former peoples.