Surah Al-Anbya — Verse 41
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وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
Walaqadi istuhzi-a birusulin min qablika fahaqabillatheena sakhiroo minhum ma kanoobihi yastahzi-oon
Translations of this verse 7
Saheeh International
And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
Messengers before you [Muhammad] were also ridiculed, but those who mocked them were overwhelmed in the end by the very thing they had mocked.
Marmaduke Pickthall
Messengers before thee, indeed, were mocked, but that whereat they mocked surrounded those who scoffed at them.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Mocked were (many) messenger before thee; But their scoffers were hemmed in by the thing that they mocked.
Mufti Taqi Usmani
In fact, messengers have been mocked at prior to you. So those who laughed at them were besieged by what they used to ridicule.
Al-Hilali & Khan
Indeed, (many) Messengers were mocked before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), but the scoffers were surrounded by that, whereat they used to mock.
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
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.