وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍۢ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
Wa laqadis tuhzi'a bi-Rusulim min qablika fahaaqa billazeena sakhiroo minhum maa kaanoo bihee yastahzi'oon
And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
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Lessons from past peoples
21:41Ayah 1112
41 ayahs in Al-Anbiyaa are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.
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And verily messengers before you were derided — herein is a statement to comfort the Prophet s — but those who mocked them were encircled by it was sent down against them that which they used to deride namely chastisement — likewise it shall befall those who have derided you.
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