17.Regret

The people of hell will try to escape, and there will be angels with iron hammers to chain and pull them down. “And for them are hooked rods of iron (to punish them). Every time they seek to get away there from, from anguish, they will be driven back therein, and (it will be) said to them: ‘Taste the torment of burning!’” (22:21-22)

This will result in the pain and regret of the people of Hell. Allah says: “[...] they would feel in their hearts regret when they see the torment, and they will be judged with justice, and no wrong will be done unto them.” (10:54) They would suppress their regret that day because who can they complain to? Nobody will help them. They neglected the call of the prophets of Allah, so the prophets of Allah will neglect them on the Day of Judgment. They ignored Allah’s commands in this world, so Allah will ignore them. Allah says: “And it will be said: ‘This Day We will forget you as you forgot the Meeting of this Day of yours. And your abode is the Fire, and there is none to help you.’” (45:34)

Allah says: “And when they are cast, bound together into a constricted place therein, they will plead for destruction there and then! This day plead not for a single destruction: plead for destruction oft-repeated!” (25:13-14)

Allah says: “Therein will they cry aloud (for assistance): ‘Our Lord! Bring us out: we shall work righteousness, not the (deeds) we used to do!’- ‘Did We not give you long enough life so that you should receive admonition? And (moreover) the Warner came to you. So taste you (the fruits of your deeds): for the wrong-doers there is no helper.’” (35:37)

Allah says: “They will say: ‘Our Lord! Our misfortune overwhelmed us, and we became a people astray! Our Lord! bring us out of this: if ever we return (to Evil), then shall we be wrong-doers indeed!’ ” (23:106-107)  And there are many similar ayaat.