[2:59] Then the evildoers substituted a saying other than that which had been said to them; so We sent down upon the evildoers wrath from the heaven for their wickedness.
They could neither ward off the opening of heaven above them with their strategems, nor avert the cords of affliction below them by relying on their usual states. They gnashed the teeth of remorse when the dog-teeth of pain bit them. But how could this have benefited them when the situation was hopeless?