An apostle came to them who was one of them, but they called him a liar. Then they were seized by torment for they were sinners.
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (and verily there had come unto them a messenger) muhammad (pbuh) (from among them) a qurayshite arab like themselves, (but they had denied him) they denied the revelation he brought to them, (and so the torment seized them) allah's torment in the form of hunger, killing and being taken captive seized them (while they were wrong-doers) disbelievers.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : and verily there came to them a messenger from among them, muhammad (s), but they denied him, and so the chastisement, of hunger and fear, seized them while they were evildoers.