Tafseer of The Rock · Al-Hijr · 15:96
Who make [equal] with Allah another deity. But they are going to know.
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His statement الَّذِينَ يَجْعَلُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ is a threat and a warning from Allah, the Exalted, to the mockers concerning whom He informed His Prophet ﷺ that He has shielded him from them with His statement: "Indeed, We have shielded you, O Muḥammad, from the mockers and scoffers, those who set up alongside Allah an associate in worship — they will soon come to know what they will encounter of Allah's punishment when they come to Him on the Day of Judgment, and what will befall them of tribulation."