وَلَئِنْ And if wala-in We delay akharnā from them ʿanhumu the punishment l-ʿadhāba for ilā a time ummatin determined maʿdūdatin they will surely say layaqūlunna What mā detains it yaḥbisuhu No doubt alā (On) the Day yawma it comes to them yatīhim not laysa (will be) averted maṣrūfan from them ʿanhum and will surround waḥāqa them bihim what mā they used (to) kānū mock at [it] bihi mock at [it] yastahziūna
And if We hold back from them the punishment for a limited time, they will surely say,1 "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.