وَأَقۡسَمُواْ

بِٱللَّهِ

جَهۡدَ

أَيۡمَٰنِهِمۡ

لَئِن

جَآءَهُمۡ

نَذِيرٞ

لَّيَكُونُنَّ

أَهۡدَىٰ

مِنۡ

إِحۡدَى

ٱلۡأُمَمِۖ

فَلَمَّا

جَآءَهُمۡ

نَذِيرٞ

مَّا

زَادَهُمۡ

إِلَّا

نُفُورًا

٤٢

They swore by Allah their most solemn oaths that if a warner were to come to them, they would certainly be better guided than any other community. Yet when a warner did come to them, it only drove them farther away—