The faith did not benefit the people of a village who believed at the witnessing of the punishment except the people of the village of Jonah son of Matta, for they when they were certain that the punishment was descending upon them repented to Allah the Exalted a sincere repentance, so when the truthfulness in their repentance appeared from them Allah removed from them the punishment of disgrace after it had approached them, and left them in the world they enjoying until the time of ending their terms.