And nothing has prevented the people from believing when Guidance has come to them and from seeking forgiveness from their Lord except that there should happen to them the ways and practices of the former people or that the punishment should come in front of them.
Verses 21: 11-14 say: “How many cities We had destroyed because of their wrong doings and had replaced them by other people; when they were affected with Our punishment, they try to flee from it. They were told: ‘No need to flee now, you return to your luxuries and enjoyments and to your secured houses so that you may be questioned’. They told: ‘Woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers’”. And when Lord bestow Favor upon mankind, he neglects and turns to his side; and when evil touches him, he is ever despairing as explained in verse 17: 83. See explanation 2: 254; 6: 21; 11: 2-3 and 17: 76-77.