وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ هِيَ أَشَدُّ قُوَّةً مِّن قَرْيَتِكَ الَّتِي أَخْرَجَتْكَ أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ فَلَا نَاصِرَ لَهُمْ
How many a town We have destroyed which was more powerful than your town which expelled you, and they had no helper.
Agha Ali Puya Commentary
Commentary on Quran 47:13
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 47:13] Makka was the city the pagan dwellers of which drove out the Holy Prophet because he preached the religion of Allah. Aqa Mahdi Puya says: This verse was revealed when the Holy Prophet was migrating from Makka to Madina. This conveyed to the idolatrous Makkans clear prediction of their utter rout and annihilation-a great prophecy. The Holy Prophet, while leaving Makka, said: "O Makka, I love you dearly. Had I not been persecuted by your idol-worshippers, I would never have left you; and it is also the command of my Lord."