Consequences Faced by Previous Nations for Rejecting Allah's Messengers

Saba — Verses 45–45 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim

وَكَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَمَا بَلَغُوا مِعْشَارَ مَا آتَيْنَاهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوا رُسُلِي ۖ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ ٤٥

And those before them belied; these have not received one tenth (1/10th) of what We had granted to those (of old), yet they belied My Messengers, then how (terrible) was My denial (punishment)!

وَكَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ
And those before them belied;
وَمَا بَلَغُوا مِعْشَارَ مَا آتَيْنَاهُمْ
these have not received one tenth (1/10th) of what We had granted to those (of old),
فَكَذَّبُوا رُسُلِي ۖ
yet they belied My Messengers,
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ
then how (terrible) was My denial (punishment)!