Then the local people were gathered to watch as the opposers whipped these innocent victims until they bled.
وَكَانَ فِي نِيَّتِهِمْ إِخَافَةُ ٱلنَّاسِ كَيْ لَا يُصْغُوا إِلَى رِسَالَةِ شُهُودِ يَهْوَهَ .‏