Were Allah to send misfortune to the people as quickly as they hasten for the good*, their appointed term would have been finished; so We leave those who do not expect to meet Us, to wander in their rebellion. (* The way they wish the good to reach them quickly.)
و اگر خدا به عقوبت عمل زشت مردم و دعای شرّی که در حق خود می‌کنند به مانند خیرات تعجیل می‌فرمود مردم همه محکوم مرگ و هلاک می‌شدند و لیکن ما آنان را که به لقای ما امیدوار نیستند به همان حال سرگردانی در کفر و طغیان رها می‌سازیم.