Consider, for example, the three centuries during which Jehovah was raising up and empowering judges to deliver the nation of Israel from their oppressors.
كَمَا أَصْبَحَتْ مِنْ أَسْلَافِ ٱلْمَسِيَّا ،‏ وَحُفِظَتْ قِصَّةُ حَيَاتِهَا فِي سِفْرٍ يَحْمِلُ ٱسْمَهَا .‏