If We delay in afflicting them with Our punishment for an appointed time, they ask, "What is preventing it (the punishment) from taking place?" On the day when it (punishment) befalls them, no one will be able to escape from it and that which they have mocked will surround them from all sides.
و اگر عذاب را از آنان تا مدّتى چند به تأخير اندازيم، [به ريشخند] خواهند گفت: چه چيز آن را باز مى‌دارد؟ آگاه باشيد، روزى كه آنان را فرارسد از آنها باز گردانده نشود و آنچه بدان ريشخند مى‌كردند آنان را فراگيرد.