Tafheem ul Quran

Surah 42 Ash-Shuraa, Ayat 44-44

وَمَنۡ يُّضۡلِلِ اللّٰهُ فَمَا لَهٗ مِنۡ وَّلِىٍّ مِّنۡۢ بَعۡدِهٖ​ ؕ وَتَرَى الظّٰلِمِيۡنَ لَمَّا رَاَوُا الۡعَذَابَ يَقُوۡلُوۡنَ هَلۡ اِلٰى مَرَدٍّ مِّنۡ سَبِيۡلٍ​ۚ‏  ﴿42:44﴾

(42:44) He whom Allah lets go astray, none after Him can be his protector.69 You will see that when the wrong-doers observe the chastisement, they will exclaim: “Is there any way to go back?”70


Notes

69. That is, Allah sent the best Book like the Quran for the guidance of the people, which is giving them the knowledge of the reality in a rational and effective way and guiding them to the right way of life. He sent a Prophet like Muhammad (peace be upon him) for their guidance, a man of better character than whom they had never seen before. And then Allah also showed them the results of the teaching and training of this Book and this Messenger in the lives of the believers. Now, if after witnessing all this, a person turns away from the guidance, Allah casts him into the same deviation from which he has no desire to come out. And when Allah Himself has driven him away, who else can take the responsibility of bringing him to the right way.

70. That is, today when there is a chance of coming back, they are refusing to come back. Tomorrow when the judgment will have been passed and the sentence enforced, then seeing their fate they will wish to come back.