وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلًا مِّن قَبْلِكَ مِنْهُم مَّن قَصَصْنَا عَلَيْكَ وَمِنْهُم مَّن لَّمْ نَقْصُصْ عَلَيْكَ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأْتِيَ بِآيَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ فَإِذَا جَاءَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ قُضِيَ بِالْحَقِّ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ
Certainly We have sent apostles before you. Of them are those We have recounted to you, and of them are those We have not recounted to you. An apostle may not bring any sign except by Allah’s permission. Hence, when Allah’s edict comes, judgment is made with justice, and it is thence that the falsifiers become losers.
Agha Ali Puya Commentary
Commentary on Quran 40:78
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 40:78] Refer to Nisa: 164 and 165. Aqa Mahdi Puya says: The signs of Allah mentioned in this verse refer to the events which took place to destroy the people of Nuh, Hud, Salih, Lut, Shu-ayb, Firawn (in the times of Musa), mentioned particularly in Araf, Yunus and Hud. Whenever time of respite was past a destructive sign came by His command to annihilate the unjust in order to destroy the falsehood so that the truth could be preserved.