﴿ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ ﴾

“And withal, there has come unto them many a tiding that should have restrained [their arrogance]:”

(And surely there hath come unto them) unto the people of Mecca in the Qur'an (news) of the nations of old, how they were destroyed when they disbelieved (whereof the purport should deter) and take admonition,