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 to hasten the punishment: they would already have received a punishment if God had not set a time for it, and indeed it will come to them suddenly and catch them unawares.
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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 ف
…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 All
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