Al-Hajj 22:42

<h2>The Consequences for the Disbelievers</h2><p>Here Allah consoles His Prophet Muhammad ﷺ for the disbelief of those among his people who opposed him.</p><p>وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ</p><p>(And if they deny you, so did deny before them the people of Nuh) until His saying,</p><p>وَكُذِّبَ مُوسَى</p><p>(and denied was Musa.) means, despite all the clear signs and evidence that they brought.</p><p>فَأمْلَيْتُ لِلْكَـفِرِينَ</p><p>(But I granted respite to the disbelievers for a while,) means, `I delayed and postponed.'</p><p>ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهُمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ</p><p>(then I seized them, and how (terrible) was My punishment!) means, `how great was My vengeance against them and My punishment of them!' In the Two Sahihs it is reported from Abu Musa that the Prophet said:</p><p>«إِنَّ اللهَ لَيُمْلِي لِلظَّالِمِ حَتَّى إِذَا أَخَذَهُ لَمْ يُفْلِتْه»</p><p>(Allah lets the wrongdoer carry on until, when He seizes him, He will never let him go.) Then he recited:</p><p>وَكَذلِكَ أَخْذُ رَبِّكَ إِذَا أَخَذَ الْقُرَى وَهِىَ ظَـلِمَةٌ إِنَّ أَخْذَهُ أَلِيمٌ شَدِيدٌ</p><p>(Such is the punishment of your Lord when He seizes the towns while they are doing wrong. Verily, His punishment is painful (and) severe.) 11:102 Then Allah says:</p><p>فَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـهَا</p><p>(And many a township did We destroy)</p><p>وَهِىَ ظَـلِمَةٌ</p><p>(while they were given wrongdoing,) meaning, they were rejecting their Messengers.</p><p>فَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ …

If they deny thee (Muhammad), even so the folk of Noah, and (the tribes of) A'ad and Thamud, before thee, denied (Our messengers);

If they treat thy (mission) as false, so did the peoples before them (with their prophets),- the People of Noah, and 'Ad and Thamud;

And if they belie you (O Muhammad SAW), so were belied the Prophets before them, (by) the people of Nuh (Noah), 'Ad and Thamud,

If they deny you—before them the people of Noah, and Aad, and Thamood also denied.