( ثم بعثنا من بعده رسلا ) أي : من بعد نوح رسلا . ( إلى قومهم فجاءوهم بالبينات ) بالدلالات الواضحات ، ( فما كانوا ليؤمنوا بما كذبوا به من قبل ) أي : بما كذب به قوم نوح من قبل ، ( كذلك نطبع ) أي : نختم ، ( على قلوب المعتدين ) .
Then, after a period of time, We sent, after Noah, messengers to their people. The messenger came to their communities with overwhelming miracles and pure laws. But they had no intention to believe on account of their previous insistence on rejection of the messengers. Allah therefore sealed their hearts. Just as We sealed the hearts of the followers of the messengers of the past We will seal the hearts of the disbelievers who overstep Allah’s limits by committing disbelief in every time and place.