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 ask thee to hasten on the Punishment (for them): had it not been for a term (of respite) appointed, the Punishment would certainly have come to them: and it will certainly reach them,- of a sudden, while they perceive not!
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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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