فَخَلَفَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ أَضَاعُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَاتَّبَعُوا الشَّهَوَاتِ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَلْقَوْنَ غَيًّا
Then, there has succeeded them a posterity [of bad people] who have lost the Salah [the Prayer] and have followed [desires]. So they will meet Ghaiy. [19:59]
This ayat was revealed in Makkah, when the da'wah first went public and the challenge to the Muslims was at its worst. [1] The passage follows a description of the prophets of Allah and their offspring whom Allah had guided as, Allah says,
