Al-'Ankabut 29:53 ويستعجلونك بالعذاب ولولا اجل مسمى لجاءهم العذاب ولياتينهم بغتة وهم لا يشعرون ٥٣
وَيَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَكَ
بِٱلۡعَذَابِ
وَلَوۡلَآ
أَجَلٞ
مُّسَمّٗى
لَّجَآءَهُمُ
ٱلۡعَذَابُۚ
وَلَيَأۡتِيَنَّهُم
بَغۡتَةٗ
وَهُمۡ
لَا
يَشۡعُرُونَ
٥٣
They challenge you ˹O Prophet˺ to hasten the punishment. Had it not been for a time already set, the punishment would have certainly come to them ˹at once˺. But it will definitely take them by surprise when they least expect it.
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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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