The Holy Quran 21:37 — Surah Al-Anbya

Arabic text

خُلِقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِنْ عَجَلٍ ۚ سَأُو۟رِيكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِى فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُونِ

Translation

Man has been created from haste (with a hasty nature, because of which he is always in a hurry to do things and to see results). I shall shortly show you My Aayaat (the punishment I have promised you for committing kufr), so do not hurry Me (have patience).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Haste in human nature: perhaps, on hearing the foolish mockery and ridicule of the disbelievers, some wished that punishment would come upon these shameless people at once. And the disbelievers themselves, in mockery, used to make haste, saying: “If in your view we truly deserve punishment, why do you not bring that punishment at once?

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