Those who do not know said, "If only God would speak to us, or a sign would come to us!" The people before them have said similar things; their hearts are so similar! We have clarified the signs for a people who have conviction.
Translation endnotes
[2:118] Miracles or divine signs strengthen the faith of believers and do not guide the unappreciative. God's test is not designed to impose a particular faith. See 74:31.