9 Preface ثُمَّ صَدَقناهُمُ الوَعدَ فَأَنجَيناهُم وَمَن نَشاءُ وَأَهلَكنَا المُسرِفينَYusuf AliIn the end We fulfilled to them Our Promise, and We saved them and those whom We pleased, but We destroyed those who transgressed beyond bounds.1But, however difficult (or impossible) their mission may have appeared to them, or to the world at first, they won through eventually, even those who seemed to have been defeated. Examples are given in the latter part of this Sūra, especially in 21:51-93. They were delivered from the Wrath which overtook the Unbelievers, as were those with them who accepted God’s Message and placed themselves in conformity with His Will and Plan. That is the meaning of “whom We pleased”.