Allah said: "But their faith could not benefit them when they saw Our might"—meaning Our punishment—"This is the established way of Allah which has preceded among His servants"—the polytheists—that if they denied His messengers, He would destroy them with punishment, and He does not accept their faith upon the descent of the punishment. He said: "And the disbelievers lost therein."
Muhammad said: "Sunnat Allah" (The way of Allah) is in the accusative case (mansub), based on the meaning: Allah established this way among all the nations, such that faith does not benefit them when they see the punishment.
قَالَ اللَّه: ﴿فَلَمْ يَكُ يَنْفَعُهُمْ إِيمَانهم لما رَأَوْا بأسنا﴾ عذابنا ﴿سُنَّةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي قَدْ خلت فِي عباده﴾ الْمُشْركين أَنهم إِذا كذبُوا رسلهم أهلكهم بِالْعَذَابِ , وَلَا يقبل إِيمَانهم عِنْد نزُول الْعَذَاب , قَالَ: ﴿وخسر هُنَالك الْكَافِرُونَ﴾.
قَالَ مُحَمَّد: ﴿سنة الله﴾ منصوبٌ عَلَى معنى: سنّ اللَّه هَذِه السنةَ فِي الْأُمَم كلهَا؛ أَلا يَنْفَعهُمْ الْإِيمَان إِذا رَأَوْا الْعَذَاب.
