A ljude, kada im dolazi uputa, odvraća od vjerovanja i od toga da od Gospodara svoga mole oprosta samo to što očekuju sudbinu drevnih naroda ili što čekaju da ih snađe kazna naočigled svega svijeta.
Nothing has kept these people from believing and pleading to their Lord for forgiveness when guidance came to them, except [their demand] that the precedent of the ancients come to pass for them, or that the punishment come to them, face to face.