And nothing prevents men from believing, now when the guidance (the Quran) has come to them, and from asking Forgiveness of their Lord, except that the ways of the ancients be repeated with them (i.e. their destruction decreed by Allah), or the torment be brought to them face to face?
当正道来临众人的时候，他们不信道，也不向他们的主求饶，那只是因为他们要等待（真主将）古人的常道显现于他们，或眼见刑罚来临他们。