﴿ قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَهْلَكَنِىَ ٱللَّهُ وَمَن مَّعِىَ أَوْ رَحِمَنَا فَمَن يُجِيرُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍۢ ﴾

“SAY [O Prophet]: "What do you think? Whether God destroys me and those who follow me, or graces us with His mercy - is there anyone that could protect [you] deniers of the truth from grievous suffering [in the life to come]?"”

(Say (O Muhammad): Have ye thought) O people of Mecca: (Whether Allah causeth me (Muhammad) and those with me) among the believers (to perish) by chastising us (or hath mercy on us) by sparing us from the chastisement; he said: it is Allah Who has forgiven us such that He did not torment us; and it is Him Who has the power to show mercy towards us or destroy us, (still, who will protect the disbelievers from a painful doom?