what is it that prevented mankind from believing when the guidance came to them and from asking forgiveness of their lord except that they would like to be treated as the nations of yore or that they would like to see the scourge come upon them face to face?
وما منع الناس أن يؤمنوا إذ جاءهم الهدى ويستغفروا ربهم إلا أن تأتيهم سنة الأولين أو يأتيهم العذاب قبلا