At-Tawbah 80: (Oh Muhammad!) Ask for their forgiveness if you desire, or don’t. Even if you ask for their forgiveness seventy times, Allah will never forgive them. This is because of their denial of Allah and Allah’s Messenger. Nations that continue with great sins cannot attain Allah’s guidance.

This is where this verse goes wrong: Allah does not guide a party of transgressors. The truth is: The people who continue in misguidance cannot attain Allah's guidance.

This is where it goes wrong: The community of transgressors cannot attain the guidance of Allah. Are there not those who are guided among the community of transgressors? There are many. Does this mean that our Lord did not know who among the community of disbelievers would be guided, and so He was ignorant of the future? Do not the verses contradict each other according to the Qur'anic verse, "There is not a single living creature that will come until the Day of Judgment, so that we do not know what it will do"? Does not our Lord say that if this Qur'an were a human fabrication, you would find many inconsistent words in it? Then the truth of this is as follows. The community of disbelievers cannot attain the guidance of Allah (while they are in that state). But when they see the truth, they repent and become guided.