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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. Then those who ridiculed them were besieged by what they used to deride.
— Ali Quli Qarai
6Al-'AnʿāmالأنعامVerse 10 of 165
The Cattle6. Al-'Anʿāmالأنعام
Al An‘ām
The Cattle
MeccanVerse 10 of 165
Surah Al-‘An’am, Verse 10
10. "And certainly some Messengers were mocked at, before you, then the retribution which they used to ridicule fell on them.
This verse can be counted as a soothing for the Messenger of Allah (S). The evidence is that, firstly, the former messengers of Allah were mocked, too; secondly, the mockers will be confronted with not only the chastisement of the Hereafter but also the Divine wrath in the present world. Their own dangerous plots will surround the plotters themselves. The verse says:
However, mockery is one of the great sins that have been promised punishment for. Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali (as) said:
"The most loser of people is the one who is able to tell the truth but he does not." 8
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