Chapter 7 of Quran (6) their plea and confession

When Allah’s punishment, which destroyed them, came unto them, no plea words had they, save that they said: “Lo! We were wrongdoers.”
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In the previous article, Allah destroyed a great number of towns for defying His Messengers and rejecting them. This behavior led them to earn disgrace in this life, which led them to disgrace in the Hereafter.
What happened when the unbelievers saw Allah’s punishment?
What have they said?
The verse 7:5 of the Noble Quran declares:
When Allah’s punishment came upon them they will say”
‘We were evildoers indeed’.
No plea words had they, when Allah’s punishment, which destroyed them, came unto them, save that they said:
“Lo! We were wrongdoers.”
“Indeed we did wrong.”
The spiritual story of man begins with a prelude. Think of the towns and nations ruined by their iniquity. Allah gave them many opportunities, and sent them Messengers to warn and teach them. However, they arrogantly went on in their evil ways, until some dreadful calamity came and wiped out their traces.
In a warm climate, the disturbance in the heat of the midday rest is even more than the disturbance at night. It was when the catastrophe came that the people realized their sins, but it was too late.
Those people who were taken unawares could do nothing other than to own up to their situation and confess to the attitude they had taken
Normally a human being makes every sort of claim, but does not confess his crime, particularly if it means that he faces a terrible prospect. Nevertheless, in their situation, those communities could do nothing other than admit their guilt and condemn themselves as `wrongdoers’.
It is a very terrible situation in which they have found themselves, because the maximum they could do to try to alleviate their situation is to make a full confession.
Besides, the `wrongdoing’ to which they refer here means the rejection of the faith and the adoption of idolatrous beliefs.
When they made this confession, it avails them of nothing, because the time for repentance has lapsed.
When Allah’s punishment is administered, there can be no return and no more chance to mend one’s ways.
Historically, this happened (for example) to the deniers of the Prophets Noah, Hūd, Şāliĥ, Lot, Shu`ayb as well as to Pharaoh and his soldiers when they denied the Prophet Moses.
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The verse 7:5 in different translations:
Sahih International
And their declaration when Our punishment came to them was only that they said, “Indeed, we were wrongdoers!”
Pickthall
No plea had they, when Our terror came unto them, save that they said: Lo! We were wrong-doers.
Yusuf Ali
When (thus) Our punishment took them, no cry did they utter but this: “Indeed we did wrong.”
Shakir
Yet their cry, when Our punishment came to them, was nothing but that they said: Surely we were unjust.
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