Rescue that comes at the very last point
A verse that admits the messengers themselves reached the end of it.
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ٱسْتَيْـَٔسَ ٱلرُّسُلُ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كُذِبُوا۟ جَآءَهُمْ نَصْرُنَا فَنُجِّىَ مَن نَّشَآءُ ۖ وَلَا يُرَدُّ بَأْسُنَا عَنِ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
Ḥattā idha-stay'asa-r-rusulu wa ẓannū annahum qad kudhibū jā'ahum naṣrunā…
“[They continued] until, when the messengers despaired and were certain that they had been denied, there came to them Our victory, and whoever We willed was saved. And Our punishment cannot be repelled from the people who are criminals.”
The relief arrives after the despair, not before it. The verse does not tidy that away.
Source
The Qur'an · 12:110
Qur'an
- Qur'anic text in the Uthmani script via Quran.com; translation: Saheeh International