Mary - 19:98 How many nations did We destroy before them: do you perceive any of them, or hear their whispers? How many nations did We destroy before them: do you perceive any of them, or hear their whispers?
Questions to the Verse (6)
How were the previous guilty generations destroyed?
Generations destroyed before:
Why were the previous generations destroyed?
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Why does our Lord relate to us the news/history of the previous societies?
In the context of verses 41,42, the destruction of the unbelievers who rejected the message, challenged the messengers and struggled is God's constant law, and the same fate awaits the people of the Book in Mecca if they continue in the same attitude:

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