Translation for 5:118

إِن تُعَذِّبۡهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ عِبَادُكَۖ وَإِن تَغۡفِرۡ لَهُمۡ فَإِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ١١٨
If You punish them, they belong to You after all.1 But if You forgive them, You are surely the Almighty, All-Wise.”

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 i.e., as Your creation, they cannot escape the punishment.