The consequences for those who committed evil had to be evil. That is because they rejected God’s revelations, and ridiculed them.
ثُمَّ كانَ عٰقِبَةَ الَّذينَ أَسٰـُٔوا السّوأىٰ أَن كَذَّبوا بِـٔايٰتِ اللَّهِ وَكانوا بِها يَستَهزِءونَ
summa kaana’aaqibatal lazeena asaaa’us sooo aaa an kazzaboo bi aayaatil laahi wa kaanoo bihaa yastahzi’oon