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وَلَئِنْ أَخَّرْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍۢ مَّعْدُودَةٍۢ لَّيَقُولُنَّ مَا يَحْبِسُهُۥٓ ۗ أَلَا يَوْمَ يَأْتِيهِمْ لَيْسَ مَصْرُوفًا عَنْهُمْ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ﴿٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And if We hold back from them the punishment for a limited time, they will surely say, "What detains it?" Unquestionably, on the Day it comes to them, it will not be averted from them, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَئِنْwala-inAnd if
أَخَّرْنَاakharnāWe delay
عَنْهُمُʿanhumufrom them
ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
إِلَىٰٓilāfor
أُمَّةٍۢummatina time
مَّعْدُودَةٍۢmaʿdūdatindetermined
لَّيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnathey will surely say
مَاWhat
يَحْبِسُهُۥٓ ۗyaḥbisuhudetains it
أَلَاalāNo doubt
يَوْمَyawma(On) the Day
يَأْتِيهِمْyatīhimit comes to them
لَيْسَlaysanot
مَصْرُوفًاmaṣrūfan(will be) averted
عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
وَحَاقَwaḥāqaand will surround
بِهِمbihimthem
مَّاwhat
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
بِهِۦbihimock at [it]
يَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūnamock at [it]

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah created the Heavens and the Earth in Six DaysAllah, the Exalted, informs of His power over all things, and that He created the heavens and the earth in six days. He mentions that His Throne was over the water before that, just as Imam Ahmad recorded that `Imran bin Husayn said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,«اقْبَلُوا الْبُشْرَى يَا بَنِي تَمِيم»(Accept the glad tidings, O tribe of Tamim!) They said, `Verily you have brought us glad tidings and you have given us.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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