Hud
11. Hūd
هود
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11:8
وَلَئِنْ
أَخَّرْنَا
عَنْهُمُ
الْعَذَابَ
إِلَى
أُمَّةٍ
مَّعْدُودَةٍ
لَّيَقُولُنَّ
مَا
يَحْبِسُهُ
أَلَا
يَوْمَ
يَأْتِيهِمْ
لَيْسَ
مَصْرُوفًا
عَنْهُمْ
وَحَاقَ
بِهِم
مَّا
كَانُوا
بِهِ
يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
wa-la-ʾin ʾakhkharnā ʿanhumu l-ʿadhāba ʾilā ʾummatin maʿdūdatin la-yaqūlunna mā yaḥbisuhū ʾa-lā yawma yaʾtīhim laysa maṣrūfan ʿanhum wa-ḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihī yastahziʾūna
If We delay the penalty for them for a definite term, they are sure to say, "What keeps it back?" Ah! On the day it (actually) reaches them, nothing will turn it away from them, and they will be completely encircled by that which they used to mock at!
— Abdullah Yusufali
And if We defer their punishment until a certain time, they will surely say, ‘What holds it back?’ Look! On the day it overtakes them it shall not be turned away from them, and they will be besieged by what they used to deride.
