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And when a sign, of the truth of the Prophet "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" , comes to them, the people of Mecca, they say, 'We will not believe, in him, until we are given the like of what Allah’s messengers (rusul) were given', in the way of a message and inspiration to us, because we are wealthier and more senior in years. Allahu ta’ālā, exalted be He, says: Allahu ta’ālā knows best where to place His Message (read plural [risālātihi, 'His Messages'] or singular [risālatahu, 'His Message']; hayth, 'where', constitutes the direct object because of the verb [ya'lam, 'He knows'] implicit in a'lam, 'the best knower') that is to say, He knows the right place for it to be placed in, and He thus places it [there] - these people, however, are not worthy of it. Humiliation from Allahu ta’ālā and a terrible chastisement shall smite those who have sinned, by saying this, for their plotting.