26فَأَذاقَهُمُ اللَّهُ الخِزيَ فِي الحَياةِ الدُّنيا ۖ وَلَعَذابُ الآخِرَةِ أَكبَرُ ۚ لَو كانوا يَعلَمونَMuhammad Asadand thus God let them taste ignominy [even] in the life of this world.1 Yet [how much greater will be the [sinners'] suffering in the life to come - if they [who now deny the truth] but knew it!Cf. 16:26, which contains the additional sentence, "God visited with destruction all that they had ever built ...", etc., which explains the present reference to their suffering and ignominy "in the life of this world".