The Holy Quran 7:5 — Surah Al-A'raf

Arabic text

فَمَا كَانَ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ إِذْ جَآءَهُم بَأْسُنَآ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ

Translation

When Our punishment came to them, their only call was, "We were certainly oppressors!" (However, this admission came too late and they died as Kuffaar.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

How punishment came upon earlier nations: that is, when their injustice and hostility, their disbelief and disobedience had reached the limit, and, absorbed in the pleasures and desires of the world and wholly unconcerned about the punishment of Allah, they began to enjoy the sleep of ease, suddenly Our punishment seized them.

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