Al-Mulk Verse 18

And certainly those before them denied ˹as well˺, then how severe was My response!

Those who came before them rejected [the messengers]; then how severe was My response!

Those that were before them also cried lies; then how was My horror!

Those who went before them also disbelieved- how terrible was My condemnation!

And assuredly those before them belied; then what wise hath been My wrath!

But indeed men before them rejected (My warning); then how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)?

Those who came before them also gave the lie (to the Messengers): then how awesome was My chastisement!

Those before them had also denied. And how was My punishment then!

And indeed those before them had denied – therefore how did My rejection turn out!

Certainly those who were before them had impugned [My apostles]; but then how was My rebuttal!

Indeed, those before them denied (the truth and were destroyed). So (reflect on) how awesome was My disowning them!

And certainly their predecessors treated (My Messengers to them) as liars, then, see how (destructive) was My disapproval (at their denial).

And those from before them had (E) lied/denied/falsified, so how was My severity (anger) ?

And indeed those before them had denied – therefore how did My rejection turn out!

And verily those before them rejected the truth, then how terrible was My wrath.

And indeed those before them belied (the Messengers of Allah), then how terrible was My denial (punishment)?

Do they not see the birds above them spreading and contracting (their wings)? Naught upholds them save the Beneficent. Surely He is Seer of all things.

And certainly those before them rejected (the truth), then how was My disapproval.

And verily those before them denied, then (see) the manner of My wrath (with them)!

Those who lived before them had also rejected Our warning, and how terrible was Our retribution!

Those who have gone before you also belied (their Messengers) then how was My disapproval!

And indeed those before them rejected, then how terrible was My reproach

Those who went before them belied [the truth]: then how great was My rejection of them.

Those before them also denied the truth; and how was My disapproval?

And verily those, communities, who were before them denied, then [see] how was My rebuttal!, [how was] My rebuttal of them in destroying them when they denied; in other words, [how] it was true.

وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ

And indeed those before them rejected,

meaning, from the previous nations and the old generations that have passed.

Then Allah says,

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ




then how terrible was My reproach?

meaning, `how was My rebuke of them and my punishment of them.'

Meaning, it was great, severe and painful.
The flight of Birds is by the Power of Allah and it is a Proof that He sees everything small and large

Allah says