Clarity of Signs and Accountability

أَتَّخَذْنَـٰهُمْ سِخْرِيًّا أَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُ

Is it [because] we took them in ridicule, or has [our] vision turned away from them?"