﴿ وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَٰهُم بِٱلْعَذَابِ فَمَا ٱسْتَكَانُوا۟ لِرَبِّهِمْ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ ﴾

“And, indeed, We tested them through suffer­ing, but they did not abase themselves before their Sustainer; and they will never humble them­selves”

And We have already seized them with chastisement with hunger yet they did not humble themselves to their Lord nor did they devote themselves to prayer nor did they seek the pleasure of God through supplication.