أَتَّخَذْنَاهُمْ سِخْرِيًّا أَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ الْأَبْصَارُ
[38:63]
Was it that we (only) took them in scorn, or have our eyes (now) turned aside from them?
"Did we treat them (as such) in ridicule, or have (our) eyes failed to perceive them?"
Did we take them (wrongly) for a laughing-stock, or have our eyes missed them?