لَعَلَّكَ بَـٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ Qur’an Ash-Shuara (26:3)LaAAallaka b a khiAAun nafsaka all a yakoonoo mumineen a
See notes [3] and [4] on 18:6 .
"They" are the Pagans of Makkah. From a human point of view it was a great disappointment to Allah's Messenger in the middle period of his Makkan ministry that the Makkan could not be brought to believe in the Truth.