Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 2 Al-Baqarah, Ayat 167-167
وَقَالَ الَّذِيۡنَ اتَّبَعُوۡا لَوۡ اَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَتَبَرَّاَ مِنۡهُمۡ كَمَا تَبَرَّءُوۡا مِنَّا ؕ كَذٰلِكَ يُرِيۡهِمُ اللّٰهُ اَعۡمَالَهُمۡ حَسَرٰتٍ عَلَيۡهِمۡؕ وَمَا هُمۡ بِخٰرِجِيۡنَ مِنَ النَّارِ
﴿2:167﴾
(2:167) And the followers will then say: “Oh if only we might return again,
we would disown them as they have disowned us?” 165 Thus Allah
will show them their works in a manner causing them bitter regrets. Never will
they come out of the Fire.
Notes
165. Here particular reference is made to the dismal end of those so-called
religious leaders who mislead people, and of their gullible followers who fall
easy prey to their deception. This has been done in order to warn the Muslims
to beware of the errors which misled former nations, and to impress upon them
the need to develop the capacity to distinguish between true and spurious leaders
so as to avoid being led by the latter.