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وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

Walaqadi istuhzia birusulin min qablika fa ha qa bi a lla th eena sakhiroo minhum m a k a noo bihi yastahzioon a

And, indeed, [O Muhammad, even] before thy time have [God's] apostles been derided - but those who scoffed at them were [in the end] overwhelmed by the very thing which they had been wont to deride.⁵²

- Mohammad Asad

As for their scoffing, the Rasools before you were also scoffed at; but their scoffers were hemmed in by the very thing at which they used to scoff.

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And, indeed, [O Muhammad, even] before thy time have [God's] apostles been derided - but those who scoffed at them were [in the end] overwhelmed by the very thing which they had been wont to deride.⁵²

- Mohammad Asad

As for their scoffing, the Rasools before you were also scoffed at; but their scoffers were hemmed in by the very thing at which they used to scoff.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

'Other' messengers had already been ridiculed before you 'O Prophet', but those who mocked them were overtaken by what they used to ridicule.

- Mustafa Khattab

Messengers before thee, indeed, were mocked, but that whereat they mocked surrounded those who scoffed at them.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

Mocked were (many) apostles before thee; but their scoffers were hemmed in by the thing that they mocked. ²⁷⁰¹

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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And, indeed, [O Muhammad, even] before thy time have [God's] apostles been derided - but those who scoffed at them were [in the end] overwhelmed by the very thing which they had been wont to deride.52

- Mohammad Asad

As for their scoffing, the Rasools before you were also scoffed at; but their scoffers were hemmed in by the very thing at which they used to scoff.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

'Other' messengers had already been ridiculed before you 'O Prophet', but those who mocked them were overtaken by what they used to ridicule.

- Mustafa Khattab

Messengers before thee, indeed, were mocked, but that whereat they mocked surrounded those who scoffed at them.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

Mocked were (many) apostles before thee; but their scoffers were hemmed in by the thing that they mocked. 2701

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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And, indeed, [O Muhammad, even] before thy time have [God's] apostles been derided - but those who scoffed at them were [in the end] overwhelmed by the very thing which they had been wont to deride.⁵²

Mocked were (many) apostles before thee; but their scoffers were hemmed in by the thing that they mocked. ²⁷⁰¹