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{ وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوۤاْ إِذْ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُواْ رَبَّهُمْ إِلاَّ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمْ سُنَّةُ ٱلأَوَّلِينَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ قُبُلاً }

What has prevented people from believing, when the guidance has come to them?He said:Guidance (hudā) came to them but the ways of guidance (ṭuruq al-hidāya) had been blocked (masdūd) for them, for guidance (hudā) and faith (īmān) were barred from them by the pre-eternal decree (ḥukm) over them.His words:

Tafsīr al-Tustarī, trans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler
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