85 Preface فَلَم يَكُ يَنفَعُهُم إيمانُهُم لَمّا رَأَوا بَأسَنا ۖ سُنَّتَ اللَّهِ الَّتي قَد خَلَت في عِبادِهِ ۖ وَخَسِرَ هُنالِكَ الكافِرونَYusuf AliBut their professing the Faith1 when they (actually) saw Our Punishment was not going to profit them. (Such has been) God’s Way of dealing with His Servants (from the most ancient times). And even thus did the Rejecters of God perish (utterly)!Again and again were they given chances, and again and again did they reject them. When it was too late, and in fact when it had no meaning, they offered to profess Faith. That was of no use. God does not accept unmeaning things of that kind. He wants to train and purify our will. For their disobedience and rebellion they perished utterly.