Their past way of life may have included “things of which [they] are now ashamed ” and that would have merited death.
لِذَا ٱسْأَلْ نَفْسَكَ :‏ ‹ هَلْ أَسْمَحُ لِرَغَبَاتِي ٱلْخَاطِئَةِ أَنْ تَقْوَى كَثِيرًا بِحَيْثُ تَدْفَعُنِي إِلَى ٱرْتِكَابِ ٱلْخَطَإِ ؟‏