"For he has no protector after Him," meaning after Allah, to prevent them from the punishment of Allah. "And you will see the wrongdoers," meaning the polytheists, "when they see the punishment, saying, 'Is there any way to return,'" to the world, "'for a way?'" that we may believe.
Tafsir of Surah Ash-Shura from verse 45 to verse 48.