Many apostles have been scoffed before you; but they who scoffed were themselves caught by what they had ridiculed.
And indeed the Noble Messengers before you were mocked at, but their mockery ruined the mockers themselves.
Messengers indeed were mocked at before thee, but those that scoffed at them were encompassed by that they mocked at.
And, indeed, [O Muhammad, even] before thy time have [God’s] apostles been derided - but those who scoffed at them were [in the end] overwhelmed by the very thing which they had been wont to deride.
And assuredly mocked were the apostles before thee, then there surrounded those of them Who scoffed that whereat they had been mocking!
Indeed (many) Messengers were mocked before you (O Muhammad SAW), but the scoffers were surrounded by that, whereat they used to mock.
Messengers before you were also ridiculed, but those who jeered were surrounded by what they had ridiculed.
Other Messengers before you were also mocked, but those who scoffed at the Messengers were overtaken by the same scourge that they had scoffed at.
Indeed (many) Messengers were mocked before you, but the scoffers were surrounded by what they used to mock.
Messengers before thee, indeed, were mocked, but that whereat they mocked surrounded those who scoffed at them.
Apostles were certainly derided before you; but those who ridiculed them were besieged by what they had been deriding.
Before you, other Messengers were mocked, but the mockers were encompassed by the very thing they mocked.
And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
They mocked the Messengers who were sent before you; thus, the torment which they had ridiculed encompassed them all.
And certainly apostles before you were scoffed at, then there befell those of them who scoffed that at which they had scoffed.
Walaqadi istuhzia birusulin min qablika fa<u>ha</u>qa bi<b>a</b>lla<u>th</u>eena sakhiroo minhum m<u>a</u> k<u>a</u>noo bihi yastahzioon<b>a</b>
Other messengers have been mocked before you, but those who scoffed were overwhelmed by the very thing they had mocked.
Mocked were (many) messenger before thee; But their scoffers were hemmed in by the thing that they mocked.
وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
O Messenger! Even if your people mock you, you are not unique in that, because many messengers before you were also mocked at. After their messengers warned them of it, the very punishment the disbelievers made a mockery of engulfed them in this very world.
O Messenger! Even if your people mock you, you are not unique in that, because many messengers before you were also mocked at. After their messengers warned them of it, the very punishment the disbelievers made a mockery of engulfed them in this very world.
<h2 class="title">The Lessons to be learned from Those Who mocked the Messengers in the Past</h2><p>Allah says consoling His Messenger for the pain and insult caused by the mockery and disbelief of the idolators,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَلَقَدِ اسْتُهْزِىءَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِالَّذِينَ سَخِرُواْ مِنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ </div><p>(Indeed (many) Messengers were mocked before you, but the scoffers were surrounded by what they used to mock.) meaning, the punishment which they thought would never come to pass. This is like the Ayah:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَلَقَدْ كُذِّبَتْ رُسُلٌ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَصَبَرُواْ عَلَى مَا كُذِّبُواْ وَأُوذُواْ حَتَّى أَتَـهُمْ نَصْرُنَا وَلاَ مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَـتِ اللَّهِ وَلَقدْ جَآءَكَ مِن نَّبَإِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ </div><p>(Verily, Messengers were denied before you, but with patience they bore the denial, and they were hurt; till Our help reached them, and none can alter the Words of Allah. Surely, there has reached you the information (news) about the Messengers (before you)) 6:34. Then Allah menitons His favor for His creatures; He protects them by night and by day, taking care of them and watching over them with His Eye that never sleeps.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">قُلْ مَن يَكْلَؤُكُم بِالَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ مِنَ الرَّحْمَـنِ</div><p>(Say: "Who can guard and protect you in the night or in the day from the Most Gracious") means, other than the Most Gracious Himself</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">بَلْ هُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِمْ مُّعْرِضُونَ</div><p>(Nay, but they turn away from the remembrance of their Lord.) means, they do not recognize the blessings and favor of Allah towards them; they turn away from His signs and blessings.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">أَمْ لَهُمْ آلِهَةٌ تَمْنَعُهُمْ مِّن دُونِنَا</div><p>(Or have they gods who can guard them from Us) This is a rhetorical question aimed at denouncing and rebuking. The meaning is, do they have any gods who can protect them and take care of them other than Us It is not as they imagine or as they claim. Allah says:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَ أَنْفُسِهِمْ</div><p>(They have no power to help themselves,) these gods on whom they rely instead of Allah cannot even help themselves.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَلاَ هُمْ مِّنَّا يُصْحَبُونَ</div><p>(nor can they be protected from Us.) Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas,"Nor can they be guarded from Us."</p>
The Lessons to be learned from Those Who mocked the Messengers in the PastAllah says consoling His Messenger for the pain and insult caused by the mockery and disbelief of the idolators,وَلَقَدِ اسْتُهْزِىءَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِالَّذِينَ سَخِرُواْ مِنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ (Indeed (many) Messengers were mocked before you, but the scoffers were surrounded by what they used to mock.) meaning, the punishment which they thought would never come to pass. This is like the Ayah:وَلَقَدْ كُذِّبَتْ رُسُلٌ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَصَبَرُواْ عَلَى مَا كُذِّبُواْ وَأُوذُواْ حَتَّى أَتَـهُمْ نَصْرُنَا وَلاَ مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَـتِ اللَّهِ وَلَقدْ جَآءَكَ مِن نَّبَإِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ (Verily, Messengers were denied before you, but with patience they bore the denial, and they were hurt; till Our help reached them, and none can alter the Words of Allah. Surely, there has reached you the information (news) about the Messengers (before you)) 6:34. Then Allah menitons His favor for His creatures; He protects them by night and by day, taking care of them and watching over them with His Eye that never sleeps.قُلْ مَن يَكْلَؤُكُم بِالَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ مِنَ الرَّحْمَـنِ(Say: "Who can guard and protect you in the night or in the day from the Most Gracious") means, other than the Most Gracious Himselfبَلْ هُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِمْ مُّعْرِضُونَ(Nay, but they turn away from the remembrance of their Lord.) means, they do not recognize the blessings and favor of Allah towards them; they turn away from His signs and blessings.أَمْ لَهُمْ آلِهَةٌ تَمْنَعُهُمْ مِّن دُونِنَا(Or have they gods who can guard them from Us) This is a rhetorical question aimed at denouncing and rebuking. The meaning is, do they have any gods who can protect them and take care of them other than Us It is not as they imagine or as they claim. Allah says:لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَ أَنْفُسِهِمْ(They have no power to help themselves,) these gods on whom they rely instead of Allah cannot even help themselves.وَلاَ هُمْ مِّنَّا يُصْحَبُونَ(nor can they be protected from Us.) Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas,"Nor can they be guarded from Us."