97وَلَو جاءَتهُم كُلُّ آيَةٍ حَتّىٰ يَرَوُا العَذابَ الأَليمَMuhammad Asadeven though every sign [of the truth] should come within their ken - until they behold the grievous suffering [that awaits them in the life to come].1Sc., "when belief will be of no avail to them": an allusion to verses 90-91, which speak of Pharaoh's "conversion" at the point of death. Cf. also 4:17-18.