فَيَقُولُواْ هَلۡ نَحۡنُ مُنظَرُونَ

and then they will say, ‘Can we have more time?’


أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ

How can they ask that Our punishment be brought to them sooner?


أَفَرَءَيۡتَ إِن مَّتَّعۡنَٰهُمۡ سِنِينَ

Think, if we let them enjoy this life for some years


ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ

and then the promised torment came upon them,


مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُمَتَّعُونَ

what good would their past enjoyment be to them?


وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ

Never have We destroyed a town without sending down messengers to warn it,


ذِكۡرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

as a reminder from Us: We are never unjust.


وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتۡ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ

It was not the jinn who brought down this Quran:


وَمَا يَنۢبَغِي لَهُمۡ وَمَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ

it is neither in their interests nor in their power,



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