How the Idolators are deceived by their long and luxurious Lives in this World, and the Explanation of the Truth Allah tells:بَلْ مَتَّعْنَا هَوُلَاء وَابَاءهُمْ حَتَّى طَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعُمُرُNay, We gave the luxuries of this life to these men and their fathers until the period grew long for them.Allah explains that they have been deceived and misled by the luxuries that they enjoy in this world and the long life that they have been given, so they believe that they are following something good.Then Allah warns them:أَفَلَ يَرَوْنَ أَنَّا نَأْتِي الاَْرْضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَاSee they not that We gradually reduce the land (in their control) from its outlying borders!This is like the Ayah:وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا مَا حَوْلَكُمْ مِّنَ الْقُرَى وَصَرَّفْنَا الاٌّيَـتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَAnd indeed We have destroyed towns round about you, and We have shown the Ayat in various ways that they might return. (46:27)Al-Hasan Al-Basri said:"This means the victory of Islam over disbelief."The meaning is:Do they not learn a lesson from the fact that Allah supported those (believers) against their enemies, He destroyed the disbelieving nations and the evil-doing townships, and He saved His believing servants.So Allah says:أَفَهُمُ الْغَالِبُونَIs it then they who will overcome!meaning, on the contrary, they are the ones who will be overcome, who will be defeated, humiliated and brought low.