Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Ankaboot, Ayah 18
وَإِن تُكَذِّبُوا۟ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أُمَمٌۭ مِّن قَبْلِكُمْ ۖ وَمَا عَلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ
And if you [people] deny [the message] - already nations before you have denied. And there is not upon the Messenger except [the duty of] clear notification.
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(But if ye deny) the message brought by Muhammad (pbuh) (then nations have denied before you) the messages brought by their messengers and We destroyed them as a consequence. (The messenger is only to convey (the Message) plainly) on behalf of Allah in a language they understand.
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
But if you deny that is if you deny me O people of Mecca then many communities have denied before you that is before my time; and the messenger’s duty is only to communicate the Message clearly’. Both stories are meant to comfort the Prophet s. And regarding his people God exalted be He says