40وَثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الآخِرينَMuhammad Asadand a good many of later times.1In contrast with "the foremost", who have always been "drawn close unto God" - and of whom there are less and less as time goes on (see note 4 above) - there will always be many of those who attain to righteousness after initial stumbling and sinning (see note 10).