if we defer their punishment till an appointed time they ask what is holding it back? on the day when it overtakes them there will be nothing to avert it from them and what they used to mock at shall encompass them.
ولئن أخرنا عنهم العذاب إلى أمة معدودة ليقولن ما يحبسه ألا يوم يأتيهم ليس مصروفا عنهم وحاق بهم ما كانوا به يستهزئون