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
En zij vragen jou om de bestraffing te laten bespoedigen. En als er geen vastgestelde termijn was, dan zou de bestraffing zeker reeds tot hen zijn gekomen. En die zal zeker plotseling tot hen komen, terwijl zij het niet beseffen.
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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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