As-Saaffaat • EN-AL-JALALAYN
﴿ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ ﴾
“for, behold, whenever they were told, “There is no deity save God,” they would glory in their arrogance”
For truly it was they who in other words it was these sinners who — given the context that follows — when it was said to them ‘There is no god except God’ used to be scornful