26 Preface ثُمَّ أَخَذتُ الَّذينَ كَفَروا ۖ فَكَيفَ كانَ نَكيرِYusuf AliIn the end did I punish those who rejected Faith: and how (terrible)1 was My rejection (of them)!Cf. 22:44 and 34:45. The rejecters of God hardly realise the terrible consequences to them individually and collectively, if God’s grace is withdrawn from them and they are left to perish in their own sins and wrongdoing.