وَيَقُولُونَ And they say wayaqūlūna When (will be fulfilled) matā this hādhā promise l-waʿdu if in you are kuntum truthful ṣādiqīna
And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"
لَوْ If law knew yaʿlamu those who alladhīna disbelieved kafarū (the) time ḥīna (when) not lā they will avert yakuffūna from ʿan their faces wujūhihimu the Fire l-nāra and not walā from ʿan their backs ẓuhūrihim and not walā they hum will be helped yunṣarūna
If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not avert the Fire from their faces or from their backs and they will not be aided...
بَلْ Nay bal it will come to them tatīhim unexpectedly baghtatan and bewilder them fatabhatuhum then not falā they will be able yastaṭīʿūna to repel it raddahā and not walā they hum will be given respite yunẓarūna
Rather, it will come to them unexpectedly and bewilder them, and they will not be able to repel it, nor will they be reprieved.