The Cave
18. Al-Kahf
الكهف
Page #300
18:55
وَمَا
مَنَعَ
النَّاسَ
أَن
يُؤْمِنُوا
إِذْ
جَاءَهُمُ
الْهُدَى
وَيَسْتَغْفِرُوا
رَبَّهُمْ
إِلَّا
أَن
تَأْتِيَهُمْ
سُنَّةُ
الْأَوَّلِينَ
أَوْ
يَأْتِيَهُمُ
الْعَذَابُ
قُبُلًا
wa-mā manaʿa n-nāsa ʾan yuʾminū ʾidh jāʾahumu l-hudā wa-yastaghfirū rabbahum ʾillā ʾan taʾtiyahum sunnatu l-ʾawwalīna ʾaw yaʾtiyahumu l-ʿadhābu qubulan
And what is there to keep back men from believing, now that Guidance has come to them, nor from praying for forgiveness from their Lord, but that (they ask that) the ways of the ancients be repeated with them, or the Wrath be brought to them face to face?
— Abdullah Yusufali
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.
