وَمَا

مَنَعَ

النَّاسَ

اَنْ

یُّؤْمِنُوْۤا

اِذْ

جَآءَهُمُ

الْهُدٰی

وَیَسْتَغْفِرُوْا

رَبَّهُمْ

اِلَّاۤ

اَنْ

تَاْتِیَهُمْ

سُنَّةُ

الْاَوَّلِیْنَ

اَوْ

یَاْتِیَهُمُ

الْعَذَابُ

قُبُلًا

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The only thing that prevented people from believing, even after the guidance had come to them, and from seeking forgiveness from their Lord, is (their demand) that what used to come to the earlier people should come to them as well, or that the punishment should visit them face to face.