41فَكَيفَ إِذا جِئنا مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهيدٍ وَجِئنا بِكَ عَلىٰ هٰؤُلاءِ شَهيدًاMuhammad AsadHow, then, [will the sinners fare on Judgment Day,] when We shall bring forward witnesses from within every community,1 and bring thee [O Prophet] as witness against them?I.e., the earlier apostles, of whom every community or civilization has had a share.