and the dwellers in the wood a small forest — the people of Shu‘ayb — and the people of Tubba‘ — a king who ruled in Yemen; he had submitted to God and had summoned his people to the same submission to God but they denied him. Each of those mentioned denied the messengers as your tribe Quraysh have and so My threat became due the sending down of chastisement on all of them became incumbent so do not be anguished by Quraysh’s disbelieving in you.
