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Then We shall deliver (nunajjī: the imperfect tense is [being used] to narrate a past situation) Our messengers (rusul) and the believers, from the chastisement. In like manner, to [that] deliverance, it is incumbent upon Us to deliver the believers, the Prophet "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" and his Companions, when [the time comes for] chastising the idolaters.