Al-Ankabut 29:53 ويستعجلونك بالعذاب ولولا اجل مسمى لجاءهم العذاب ولياتينهم بغتة وهم لا يشعرون ٥٣
وَیَسْتَعْجِلُوْنَكَ
بِالْعَذَابِ ؕ
وَلَوْلَاۤ
اَجَلٌ
مُّسَمًّی
لَّجَآءَهُمُ
الْعَذَابُ ؕ
وَلَیَاْتِیَنَّهُمْ
بَغْتَةً
وَّهُمْ
لَا
یَشْعُرُوْنَ
۟
And they urge you to hasten the punishment. And if not for [the decree of] a specified term, punishment would have reached them. But it will surely come to them suddenly while they perceive not.
Bacalah Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
How the Idolators asked for the Torment to be hastened on
Allah tells us of the ignorance of the idolators and how they asked for the punishment of Allah to be hastened so that it would befall them quickly. This is like the Ayah,
وَإِذْ قَالُواْ اللَّهُمَّ إِن كَانَ هَـذَا هُوَ الْحَقَّ مِنْ عِندِكَ
…How the Idolators asked for the Torment to be hastened on
Allah tells us of the ignorance of the idolators and how they asked for the punishment of Al
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