How did they deny the truth (Qur'an) that came to them?
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What's the intention?
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They asked defiantly and mockingly for the torment they were threatened with, confident that the Messenger was a liar and that they would never be punished:
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A reference to the disbelievers of the people of the Book of the Makkans in the sight of their forefathers, who rejected the prophets, the miracles and the books, until they were given to one of them:
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The destruction of the unbelievers who mocked the messengers and struggled with them is a law of Allah that is constantly enforced, and the unbelievers of the People of the Book in Mecca, who had the same attitude towards Prophet Muhammad, are warned about this:
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