Had your Lord willed, all the people on earth in their entirety would have acknowledged. Would you force the people to make them acknowledge?
Translation endnotes
[10:99-101] God does not interfere with our initial choice. Those who decide to reject the truth, later in their lives are condemned to dogmatism and bigotry (13:11; 18:29; 42:13; 46:15; 57:22).