Can those who had been dead, to whom We gave life and a light with which they can walk among people, be compared to those in complete darkness from which they can never emerge?1 That is how the misdeeds of the disbelievers have been made appealing to them.۞ 122  And so We have placed in every society the most wicked to conspire in it. Yet they plot only against themselves, but they fail to perceive it.123۞ Whenever a sign comes to them, they say, “We will never believe until we receive what Allah’s messengers received.” Allah knows best where to place His message. The wicked will soon be overwhelmed by humiliation from Allah and a severe punishment for their evil plots.۞124 Whoever Allah wills to guide, He opens their heart to Islam.1 But whoever He wills to leave astray, He makes their chest tight and constricted as if they were climbing up into the sky. This is how Allah dooms those who disbelieve.۞125 That is your Lord’s Path—perfectly straight. We have already made the signs clear to those who are mindful.126۞ They will have the Home of Peace with their Lord, Who will be their Guardian because of what they used to do۞127.