Overall meaning : The unbelievers will be told after they are cast into the Fire, ‘Allah’s loathing of you when you were called to the faith in the worldly life and you disbelieved was far greater than your own loathing of yourselves today!’ They will say, ‘Lord, You caused us to die twice—before the spirit of life was breathed into us and when we reached the end of our earthly terms—and You brought us to life twice—by breathing the spirit of life into us in the world and then raising us again at the resurrection. Now that we have admitted our sins, is there any way out of the Fire?’
‘By no means,’ they will be told. ‘That is because when Allah alone was called upon, you disbelieved in His unity and ascribed partners to Him; but when partners were associated with Him, you readily believed. Fair judgment rests with Allah, the All-High, the All-Great.’
It is He who shows His signs testifying to His oneness and power to you, mankind, and sends down sustenance from the heavens for you. Yet none will pay heed and benefit from such signs except those who turn to Him. Call, therefore, upon Allah, sincere in your faith in Him alone, even if the unbelievers hate that.