42يَومَئِذٍ يَوَدُّ الَّذينَ كَفَروا وَعَصَوُا الرَّسولَ لَو تُسَوّىٰ بِهِمُ الأَرضُ وَلا يَكتُمونَ اللَّهَ حَديثًاMuhammad AsadThose who were bent on denying the truth and paid no heed to the Apostle will on that Day wish that the earth would swallow them:1 but they shall not [be able to] conceal from God anything that has happened.Lit., "become level with them". The term "the apostle" is probably used here in its generic sense, and refers to all the apostles who preached God's message at one time or another.