﴿ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ ﴾

“and how severe was the suffering which I inflicted when My warnings were disregarded!”

How then were My chastisement and My warnings? My warning them of chastisement before it was sent down? In other words it was justified. He explains it their chastisement by saying