if we delay in afflicting them with our punishment for an appointed time they ask what is preventing it from taking place? on the day when it befalls them no one will be able to escape from it and that which they have mocked will surround them from all sides.
ولئن أخرنا عنهم العذاب إلى أمة معدودة ليقولن ما يحبسه ألا يوم يأتيهم ليس مصروفا عنهم وحاق بهم ما كانوا به يستهزئون