The Holy Quran 29:54 — Surah Al-'Ankabut

Arabic text

يَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمُحِيطَةٌۢ بِٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

Translation

They (the Kaafiroon) seek to rush you with the punishment (demand it from you by repeatedly asking you when it will come) whereas (their punishment will certainly come to them in the Aakhirah when) Jahannam will certainly surround the Kaafiroon.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

here, perhaps, the punishment of the Hereafter is meant, as is evident from the answer. that is, they ask for the punishment of the Hereafter in vain: they are already in this punishment. What are this disbelief and these evil deeds, if not Hell, which has surrounded them on every side?

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