Tafseer of The Believers · Al-Muminoon · 23:40
[Allah] said, "After a little, they will surely become regretful."
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Allah answered him concerning the request he had made to Him: "Only a short while remains, O Ṣāliḥ, and then those of your people who have denied you will come to regret their denial of you." And that is the moment when Our trial descends upon them, and then repentance will no longer avail them.