The Spider
29. Al-ʿAnkabūt
العنكبوت
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وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ
بِالْعَذَابِ
وَلَوْلَا
أَجَلٌ
مُّسَمًّى
لَّجَاءَهُمُ
الْعَذَابُ
وَلَيَأْتِيَنَّهُم
بَغْتَةً
وَهُمْ
لَا
يَشْعُرُونَ
wa-yastaʿjilūnaka bi-l-ʿadhābi wa-law-lā ʾajalun musamman la-jāʾahumu l-ʿadhābu wa-la-yaʾtiyannahum baghtatan wa-hum lā yashʿurūna
They ask you to hasten the punishment. Yet were it not for a specified time, the punishment would have surely overtaken them. Surely, it will overtake them suddenly while they are unaware.
— Ali Quli Qarai
They ask thee to hasten on the Punishment (for them): had it not been for a term (of respite) appointed, the Punishment would certainly have come to them: and it will certainly reach them,- of a sudden, while they perceive not!
