وَقَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلتَّنَاوُشُ مِن مَّكَانِۭ بَعِيدٖ ٥٢
Waqālū āmannā bihī wa annā lahumut-tanāwushu mim makāni ba'īd
And they will [then] say, "We believe in it!" But how for them will be the taking1239 [of faith] from a place far away?1240
Footnotes
1239 Literally, "taking of something within easy reach," in other words, "How can they expect to obtain faith at this point?"
1240 i.e., their former life on earth, wherein they had every opportunity but which is now gone, never to return.