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wa-la-qadi stuhziʾa bi-rusulin min qablika fa-ḥāqa bi-lladhīna sakhirū minhum mā kānū bihī yastahziʾūna
Apostles were certainly derided before you; but those who ridiculed them were besieged by what they had been deriding.
— Ali Quli Qarai
21Al-'Anbiyā’الأنبياءVerse 41 of 112
The Prophets21. Al-'Anbiyā’الأنبياء
Al Anbiyā’
The Prophets
MeccanVerse 41 of 112
Surah Al-’Anbiya’ – Verse 41
41. “And indeed Messengers before you were (also) mocked, but that whereat they mocked encompassed those who scoffed at them.”
In previous verses, it was said that the idolaters and disbelievers used to mock the holy Prophet of Islam (S). Then, in order to soothe the Prophet (S) and console him, this verse implies that it is not only you whom have been mocked at, but those prophets who were before you were also ridiculed. The verse says:
Yet, finally, whatever of the Divine punishments they used to mock at visited them. The verse continues saying:
Therefore, O Prophet Muhammad! Do not be grievous, and these kinds of acts, which are ignorantly done, should not have the least impact on your soul, or influence in your strong will.