76 Preface وَلَقَد أَخَذناهُم بِالعَذابِ فَمَا استَكانوا لِرَبِّهِم وَما يَتَضَرَّعونَAli Quli QaraiCertainly We have seized them with punishment, yet they neither humbled themselves to their Lord, nor did they entreat [Him for mercy].