and if we postpone the punishment upon them for a specified time they will surely say what holds it back? pay heed! on the day when it comes upon them it will not be averted from them and the very punishment they mocked at will encompass them.
ولئن أخرنا عنهم العذاب إلى أمة معدودة ليقولن ما يحبسه ألا يوم يأتيهم ليس مصروفا عنهم وحاق بهم ما كانوا به يستهزئون