Said the council of those of his people who waxed proud who disdained belief in him to those who were oppressed to such of them as believed that is from among his people li-man āmana minhum ‘to such of them as believed’ is a substitution for the preceding clause li’lladhīna istud‘ifū ‘to those who were oppressed’ repeating the preposition li- ‘to’ ‘Are you aware that Sālih has been sent to you from his Lord?’ They said ‘Yes! Truly we believe in the Message with which he has been sent.’