﴿ فَإِن كَذَّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كُذِّبَ رُسُلٌۭ مِّن قَبْلِكَ جَآءُو بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَٱلزُّبُرِ وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُنِيرِ ﴾

“And if they give thee the lie - even so, before thy time, have [other] apostles been given the lie when they came with all evidence of the truth, and with books of divine wisdom, and with light-giving revelation.”

But if they deny you so were denied messengers before you who came bearing clear proofs and the scriptures and the illuminating Book. That is the habitual practice of disbelievers is to deny the messengers. This is what their ancestors used to do ʿalā hadhā l-naḥwi daraja salafuhum and their descendants follow their way wa-bi-hadyihi iqtadā khalafuhum.