45 Preface وَكَذَّبَ الَّذينَ مِن قَبلِهِم وَما بَلَغوا مِعشارَ ما آتَيناهُم فَكَذَّبوا رُسُلي ۖ فَكَيفَ كانَ نَكيرِYusuf AliAnd their predecessors rejected (the Truth); these have not received a tenth of what We had granted1 to those: yet when they rejected My messengers, how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)!Passing to Peoples before the immediate ancestors, the People of the Book, or the People of Saba' and ‘Ād and Thamūd, had received favours and gifts, power and wealth, ten times more than were enjoyed by the Pagan Quraish. Yet when they turned away from them, and what terrible consequences descended on them when they lost God’s Grace! This should make everyone humble, not least the posterity of Muḥammad the Messenger if they forsake God’s Truths! For they have received a higher Teaching!