and if we postponed their punishment until a stated time they would say what holds it back? on the day when it reaches them it will not be averted from them and what they used to ridicule will besiege them.
ولئن أخرنا عنهم العذاب إلى أمة معدودة ليقولن ما يحبسه ألا يوم يأتيهم ليس مصروفا عنهم وحاق بهم ما كانوا به يستهزئون