Is it only when this chastisement has actually overtaken you that you will believe in it? (And when the chastisement will surprise you), you will try to get away from it, although it is you who had sought to hasten its coming.'
آيا پس از آنكه [عذاب‌] واقع شود به آن ايمان مى‌آريد؟! اكنون؟! و حال آنكه [پيشتر] آن را [از راه انكار و تمسخر] به شتاب مى‌خواستيد.