فَلَوْلَآ إِذْ جَآءَهُم بَأْسُنَا تَضَرَّعُوا۟ وَلَٰكِن قَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
Falaw laaa iz jaaa'ahum baasunaa tadarra'oo wa laakin qasat quloobuhum wa zaiyana lahumush Shaitaanu maa kaanoo ya'maloon
Then why, when Our punishment came to them, did they not humble themselves? But their hearts became hardened, and Satan made attractive to them that which they were doing.
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Lessons from past peoples
6:43Ayah 1165
18 ayahs in Al-An'aam are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.
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If only when Our might Our punishment came upon them they had been humble in other words they were not so even though the necessitating factor was there. But their hearts were hard and would not yield to faith and Satan adorned for them what they were doing in the way of disobedient acts and so they persisted in them.
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