[3106] This is in answer to those who may ask about why all the different nations throughout times met their Messengers in this very same manner (cf. Ibn ʿĀshūr): “Did they advise each other to it? Nay, but they are transgressing people!” (51: 53).
[3107] These ‘criminals’ (mujrimūn) rebelled against the Truth and did not submit to it (cf. al-Khāzin, al-Qurṭubī).