23. Muminun · verses 73–76

وَإِنَّكَ لَتَدۡعُوهُمۡ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ

Wainnaka latadAAoohum ila siratin mustaqeemin

But verily thou callest them to the Straight Way;

وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ عَنِ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ لَنَٰكِبُونَ

Wainna allatheena la yuminoona bialakhirati AAani alssirati lanakiboona

And verily those who believe not in the Hereafter are deviating from that Way.

۞ وَلَوۡ رَحِمۡنَٰهُمۡ وَكَشَفۡنَا مَا بِهِم مِّن ضُرّٖ لَّلَجُّواْ فِي طُغۡيَٰنِهِمۡ يَعۡمَهُونَ

Walaw rahimnahum wakashafna ma bihim min durrin lalajjoo fee tughyanihim yaAAmahoona

If We had mercy on them and removed the distress which is on them, they would obstinately persist in their transgression, wandering in distraction to and fro.

وَلَقَدۡ أَخَذۡنَٰهُم بِٱلۡعَذَابِ فَمَا ٱسۡتَكَانُواْ لِرَبِّهِمۡ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ

Walaqad akhathnahum bialAAathabi fama istakanoo lirabbihim wama yatadarraAAoona

We inflicted Punishment on them, but they humbled not themselves to their Lord, nor do they submissively entreat (Him)!-