وَلَقَدِ اسْتُهْزِي͏ٔ͏َ بِرُسُلٍ مِّنْ قَبْلِكَ فَاَمْلَيْتُ لِلَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا ثُمَّ اَخَذْتُهُمْࣞ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ ٣٢
Translation
Apostles were certainly derided before you. But then I gave respite to those who were faithless, then I seized them; so how was My retribution?