The Holy Quran 16:34 — Surah An-Nahl

Arabic text

فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

Translation

So they received the punishment of their evil acts and (the evil consequences of) their mockery surrounded them.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

That is, the earlier obstinate opponents, too, remained in the same way intoxicated with pride and heedlessness, persisted ever further in the worship of falsehood, did not repent when it was time to repent, remained bent to the very end on denying and opposing the prophets, and kept ridiculing their words.

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