18 Preface وَلَقَد كَذَّبَ الَّذينَ مِن قَبلِهِم فَكَيفَ كانَ نَكيرِYusuf AliBut indeed men before them rejected (My warning): then how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)?1Cf. 22:42-44, and n. 2822.