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
- 37:3535
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ
They were those who, when it was said to them, "There is no god but God," behaved with insolence,
- common.revelation-Meccan
- common.hizb : 179