I guess we are all stubborn to an extent. It dosn't make it alright, though: being stubborn doesn't justify our actions. In religion, there is only One God: we might think that we are free to choose, but the Power over all is Allah. While we might not be convinced of this while we are alive, that is exactly the point: the sure evidence comes when we die. That is the essence of faith, is to believe in the unseen. Do you believe in the air you breath, and do you believe in what is around the corner?

So, there will be that Day, when Wrath will reach them, and the wrongdoers will beg for mercy. They will plead for another chance, and promise to follow the Call of God. Even though before they swore that they should suffer no decline. And the plots that they brewed were never out of the sight of Allah, even though they were such as to shake the hills!