﴿ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ۖ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ ﴾

“[but] in the end I took to task all those who were bent on denying the truth: and how awesome was My rejection!”

(Then seized I) then I punished (those who disbelieved) in the Scriptures and messengers, (and how intense was My abhorrence!) see, O Muhammad, how I turned against them with chastisement when they rejected faith.