فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
Fa asaabahum saiyi aatu maa 'amiloo wa haaqa bihim maa kaano bihee yastahzi'oon
So they were struck by the evil consequences of what they did and were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
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Lessons from past peoples
16:34Ayah 1128
7 ayahs in An-Nahl are strongly about lessons from past peoples.
← Previous on Lessons from past peoples16:33Do the disbelievers await [anything] except that the angels should come to them or there comes the command of your Lord? Thus did those do before them.Next on Lessons from past peoples →16:36And We certainly sent into every nation a messenger, [saying], "Worship Allah and avoid Taghut." And among them were those whom Allah guided,
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So that the evils of what they did smote them that is the requital of these evil things smote them and there besieged it was sent down against them that which they used to mock namely the chastisement.
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