Meccan·Surah 77

المرسلات

Surah Al-Mursalat — Ayah 16

The Emissaries

50 Ayahs·Verse 77:16
77:16

أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Did We not destroy the former peoples?

Context in Surah Al-Mursalat

Nearby ayahs help place verse 77:16 in sequence and meaning.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ

And what can make you know what is the Day of Judgement?

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

Then We will follow them with the later ones.

كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Thus do We deal with the criminals.