سُوْرَةُ الشُّعَرَآءِ

Surah Ash-Shu'araa (26) — Ayah 201

The Poets · Meccan · Juz 19 · Page 375

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ ﴿201﴾
They will not believe in it until they see the painful torment.
لَا Not
يُؤْمِنُونَ yu'minūna they will believe
بِهِۦ bihi in it
حَتَّىٰ ḥattā until
يَرَوُا۟ yarawū they see
ٱلْعَذَابَ l-ʿadhāba the punishment
ٱلْأَلِيمَ l-alīma [the] painful

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201. That they will not believe until they see the painful punishment [119].

[119] These people are, in fact, those who only understand force. Their cure is not arguments, but the stick. When they are beaten and see the punishment of Allah—whether it comes to them in this world, at the time of death, or on the Day of Judgment—then they will begin to accept all these things. But at that time, their acceptance will have no value or worth.