وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُمْ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْأَدْنَى دُوْنَ الْعَذَابِ الْأَكْبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُوْنَ. وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ ذُكِّرَ بِآيَاتِ رَبِّهِ ثُمَّ أَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا إِنَّا مِنَ الْمُجْرِمِيْنَ مُنتَقِمُوْنَ.

Before this big torment, We shall also necessarily make them taste some near at hand torment [32] so that they pay heed. Who can be more unjust than those who are reminded through the revelations of their Lord, then they turn away from them? We shall definitely seek revenge from such wrongdoers.[33] (Quran 32:21-22)

(Excerpt from Quranic Exegesis: Javed Ahmed Ghamidi)

(Translated by Dr. Shehzad Saleem)

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[32]. Ie., the torment will shake and jolt them in this very world. For the Quraysh this imminent torment began with the battle of Badr. The practice of the Almighty regarding nations to whom He sends His messengers is that before the final torment they are admonished through these lesser torments.

[33]. Ie., those to whom a messenger of God was sent and God’s revelations were recited by him to the people and the truth was conclusively revealed to them in every respect and they still did not accept faith.

Yes, that is correct.

If you focus on the context of the verses, then it becomes very clear in almost all cases that who are the addressees of such verses, and whether or not the application is specific or general in nature.

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