La yu'minoona bihi waqad khalat sunnatu al-awwaleen (surah Hijr: 13)

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(15:13) they would not believe in it. *7 And the same has been the way of such people since ancient times.

Laa yu`minoona bihee wa qad khalat sunnatul awwaleen

*7) The majority of the translators and commentators are of the opinion that the pronoun `it' in ".... cause it" in v. 12, refers to their "mockery", occurring in v. 11, and in .... would not believe in it" in v. 13, refers to the "Admonition" occurring in v. 9. Then vv. 12-13 will be rendered like this: "Thus we cause mockery enter into the hearts of the criminals and they do not believe in the Admonition .... " Though grammatically there is nothing wrong with this version, yet our version of "it" will be better even grammatically. According to this v. 12 will mean, "When the Admonition enters into the hearts of the believers it gives them peace of mind and comfort of heart. But when the same enters into the hearts of the criminals it becomes a hot rod, and burns their minds and hearts" .