If you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) covet for their guidance, then verily Allâh guides not those whom He makes to go astray (or none can guide him whom Allâh sends astray). And they will have no helpers. ( Surah 16: 37)

إِن تَحْرِصْ عَلَىٰ هُدَاهُمْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي مَن يُضِلُّ ۖ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّاصِرِينَ (37)

(V. 16: 37) Narrated Abû Hurairah  :رضي الله عنه I heard Allâh’s Messenger  صلى الله عليه وسلم  saying, “My example and the example of the people is that of a man who made a fire, and when it lighted what was around it, moths and other insects started falling into the fire. The man tried (his best) to prevent them, (from falling in the fire) but they overpowered him and rushed into the fire.” The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم added; “Now, similarly, I take hold of the knots at your waist (belts) to prevent you from falling into the fire, but you insist on falling into it.”* (Sahīh Al-Bukhârī, Vol. 8, Hadīth No. 490).

* The fire symbolizes the unlawful deeds which the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم warned the people of.

SOURCE: Al-Hilâlī & Muhsin Khân Translation, Surah 16. An-Nahl Ayah 37, Part 14 p.352  (under footnote), The Noble Qur’ân