[14–15] “Even if We opened for them a gate into heaven and they continued to ascend through it, they would say, ‘Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people bewitched.’”

That is, even if every great sign came to them, they would not believe; rather, they would obstinately reject it. “Even if We opened for them a gate into heaven,” and they began ascending through it and witnessing it firsthand with their own eyes, their wrongdoing and stubbornness would lead them to deny this sign and say, “Our eyes have only been dazzled”; that is, their eyes have been overcome by a daze and a veil, causing them to see what they did not truly see. “Rather, we are a people bewitched”; that is, this is not real, but magic. There is no hope or prospect for people whose denial has reached such an extent. He then mentioned the signs demonstrating the truth brought by the messengers, saying: