The Holy Quran 29:53 — Surah Al-'Ankabut

Arabic text

وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ ۚ وَلَوْلَآ أَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى لَّجَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَيَأْتِيَنَّهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Translation

(O Rasulullaah ﷺ! By the Kuffaar constantly asking when punishment will overtake them, it seems as if) They seek to rush you with punishment. If it were not for a prescribed term (after which punishment will come to them), the punishment would have certainly come to them (already because they deserve it). It (the punishment) will definitely come to them suddenly when they do not perceive it (taking them totally by surprise).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, [they say]: “If we are on falsehood, why does no calamity befall us in this world?” The punishment of the disbelievers in this world and the Hereafter: that is, everything comes at its appointed time; do not be restless — that calamity too will surely come.

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