41 Preface وَلَقَدِ استُهزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِن قَبلِكَ فَحاقَ بِالَّذينَ سَخِروا مِنهُم ما كانوا بِهِ يَستَهزِئونَYusuf AliMocked were (many) messenger before thee; But their scoffers were hemmed in by the thing that they mocked.1The same verse occurs at 6:10, where see n. 843. 'What they are mocking at now will be in a position to mock them in due time.'