You are reading a tafsir for the group of verses 21:95 to 21:97
وَحَرٰمٌ
عَلٰی
قَرْیَةٍ
اَهْلَكْنٰهَاۤ
اَنَّهُمْ
لَا
یَرْجِعُوْنَ
۟
حَتّٰۤی
اِذَا
فُتِحَتْ
یَاْجُوْجُ
وَمَاْجُوْجُ
وَهُمْ
مِّنْ
كُلِّ
حَدَبٍ
یَّنْسِلُوْنَ
۟
وَاقْتَرَبَ
الْوَعْدُ
الْحَقُّ
فَاِذَا
هِیَ
شَاخِصَةٌ
اَبْصَارُ
الَّذِیْنَ
كَفَرُوْا ؕ
یٰوَیْلَنَا
قَدْ
كُنَّا
فِیْ
غَفْلَةٍ
مِّنْ
هٰذَا
بَلْ
كُنَّا
ظٰلِمِیْنَ
۟
3

When the Truth appears with clear arguments, a man is compelled to recognise it by the compulsion of his very nature. Now, those who accept the Truth after recognising it, remain in consonance with their nature. On the other hand, those who give importance to material things and, therefore, do not accept the Truth, are as if ignoring their nature—virtually casting a veil over it. Denial of Truth is always at the cost of shutting one’s senses. The fate of those who run this risk is that their entry into Islam becomes absolutely impossible: they are no longer receptive to the truth. Those who fail to recognise the Truth, though presented in rational arguments, will recognise it only when the Day of Judgement tears the veil away from their eyes. But, recognition at that stage will be of no avail, because it will be time not for acceptance itself, but for reaping the benefit of an earlier acceptance of the Truth.