Jonah
10. Yūnus
يونس
Page #209
10:11
وَلَوْ
يُعَجِّلُ
اللَّهُ
لِلنَّاسِ
الشَّرَّ
اسْتِعْجَالَهُم
بِالْخَيْرِ
لَقُضِيَ
إِلَيْهِمْ
أَجَلُهُمْ
فَنَذَرُ
الَّذِينَ
لَا
يَرْجُونَ
لِقَاءَنَا
فِي
طُغْيَانِهِمْ
يَعْمَهُونَ
wa-law yuʿajjilu llāhu li-n-nāsi sh-sharra stiʿjālahum bi-l-khayri la-quḍiya ʾilayhim ʾajaluhum fa-nadharu lladhīna lā yarjūna liqāʾanā fī ṭughyānihim yaʿmahūna
Were Allah to hasten ill for mankind with their haste for good, their term would have been over. But We leave those who do not expect to encounter Us bewildered in their rebellion.
— Ali Quli Qarai
If Allah were to hasten for men the ill (they have earned) as they would fain hasten on the good,- then would their respite be settled at once. But We leave those who rest not their hope on their meeting with Us, in their trespasses, wandering in distraction to and fro.
