And when their prophet came and successfully conveyed His message...

And when their prophet came and successfully conveyed His message, some denied him and others accepted him, and those who denied and refuted Him met their destruction and those who were believers were saved. The verse says: “And for every people there is a Messenger.

Then when their Messenger comes, (on the Day of Judgment), the matter will be judged between them with justice, and they will not be dealt with unjustly.” Surah Yunus – Verse 48 وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَي هَذَا الْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ 48. “They say: ‘When will this promise be, if you are truthful?’” The idolaters, ridiculing the prophets (as), used to ask them that if they were right, when the time would come for Allah’s punishment.

This humiliating way of asking questions was a sort of reinforcement for those individuals who might be affected by them. However, in order to realize that an action…

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