وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍۢ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَأَمْلَيْتُ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ
Translation
Sahih International
And already were [other] messengers ridiculed before you, and I extended the time of those who disbelieved; then I seized them, and how [terrible] was My penalty.
Word-by-Word Translation
وَلَقَدِ
And certainly
ٱسْتُهْزِئَ
were mocked
بِرُسُلٍۢ
Messengers
مِّن
from
قَبْلِكَ
before you
فَأَمْلَيْتُ
but I granted respite
لِلَّذِينَ
to those who
كَفَرُوا۟
disbelieved
ثُمَّ
then
أَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖ
I seized them
فَكَيْفَ
and how
كَانَ
was
عِقَابِ
My penalty
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