وَقَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلتَّنَاوُشُ مِن مَّكَانِۭ بَعِيدٖ ٥٢
Wa qālū āmannā bihī wa annā lahumut-tanāwushu mim makāni baʿīd.
And they will [then] say, "We believe in it!" But how for them will be the taking1 [of faith] from a place far away?2
Translation: Sahih International
Footnotes (2)
- Literally, "taking of something within easy reach," in other words, "How can they expect to obtain faith at this point?"
- i.e., their former life on earth, wherein they had every opportunity but which is now gone, never to return.