Has not the time came?

Quran verse about those who believe 

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم 

Al-Hadid 57:16 

أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَن تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا نَزَلَ مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا يَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مِن قَبْلُ فَطَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْأَمَدُ فَقَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْۖ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ

Has the time not come for those who have believed that their hearts should become humbly submissive at the remembrance of Allah and what has come down of the truth? And let them not be like those who were given the Scripture before, and a long period passed over them, so their hearts hardened; and many of them are defiantly disobedient.

 My reflections n this Quran verse

 

Many times I recite this ayah and yet it doesn't affect my heart like it affected my heart at the time of this writing. Subhan Allah. When my heart is humbly submissive, I am ready to do anything for Allah but when it is not humbly submissive, I have a delay in doing certain tasks, especially the tasks involving the sacrifice of my ego. I fear that if I don't submit now, my heart will be hardened like those who were given the scripture and a long time passed over them. I wonder what is the difference between me and them? I also have Quran for long time and yet my heart doesn't get always humbly submissive after remembrance of Allah.

 

After reading this ayah I make following duaa.

 

 

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّیْ اَعُوْذُبِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لَّا یَنْفَعُ وَمِنْ قَلْبٍ لَّا یَخْشَعُ وَمِنْ نَّفْسٍ لَّا تَشْبَعُ وَمِنْ دَعْوَةٍ لَّا یُسْتَجَابُ لَھَا

O Allah! I seek refuge in You from knowledge that is not beneficial and from a heart that does not fear, from a soul that is not satiated and from a prayer that is not answered.

اے ﷲ! میں پناہ مانگتا ہوں اس علم سے جو نفع نہ دے اور اس دل سے جو نہ ڈرے اور اس نفس سے جو سیر نہ ہو اور اس دعا سے جو قبول نہ کی جائے۔

( صحیح مسلم، کتاب الذکر والدعاء ، باب فی الأدعیة )