وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ
English Translation
And already had those before them denied, and how [terrible] was My reproach.
English Transliteration
Walaqad kaththaba allatheena min qablihim fakayfa kana nakeeri
Tafsir of Verse 18
Those that were before them also cried lies; then how was My horror!
But indeed men before them rejected (My warning): then how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)?