خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ Qur’an Al-Ma'arij (70:44)Kh a shiAAatan ab sa ruhum tarhaquhum th illatun tha lika alyawmu alla th ee k a noo yooAAadoon a
The concept of "again and again" - i.e., by a succession, through the ages, of prophetic revelations - is implied in the auxiliary verb kanu, which usually connotes repetition and/or duration.