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And We appointed among them leaders (read a-immatan by pronouncing both hamzas, or by substituting the second one with a yā) who guided, people, by Our command, when they had endured [patiently], in [observing] their religion, and against the hardships [they suffered] because of their enemies (lammā, 'when': a variant reading has limā, 'because') and had conviction in Our āyāt/signs, [the ones] indicating Our power and Our Oneness.