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And, mention, the people of Noah, when they denied the messengers (rusul), in denying Noah - it is as though he were many messengers (rusul) given the length of time he remained among them; or [it is thus expressed in the plural] because to deny him is [equivalent] to denying all the other messengers (rusul), for they all came with the same [Message concerning] affirmation of Allah’s Oneness - We drowned them (this is the response to lammā, 'when') and made them a sign, a lesson, for mankind, thereafter, and We have prepared, in the Hereafter, for the evildoers, the disbelievers, a painful chastisement, in addition to what [chastisement] may befall them in this world.