Surah Al-Kahf
وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ قُبُلًا
Wa mā mana‘an-nāsa ay yu'minū iż jā'ahumul-hudā wa yastagfirū rabbahum illā an ta'tiyahum sunnatul-awwalīna au ya'tiyahumul-‘ażābu qubulā(n).
And nothing has prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them and from asking forgiveness of their Lord except that there [must] befall them the [accustomed] precedent of the former peoples or that the punishment should come [directly] before them.
📝 Footnotes
450) Among the forms of Allah SWT’s punishment is that which is not directly given to His sinful servants, but is delayed according to the will of Allah SWT.