Al-Hijr 15:10

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى شِيَعِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

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.