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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Al-'Ankabut 29:53

Word by word

وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ ۚ وَلَوْلَآ أَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى لَّجَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَيَأْتِيَنَّهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

And they urge you to hasten the punishment. And if not for [the decree of] a specified term, punishment would have reached them. But it will surely come to them suddenly while they perceive not.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

ويستعجلك -أيها الرسول- هؤلاء المشركون من قومك بالعذاب استهزاء، ولولا أن الله جعل لعذابهم في الدنيا وقتًا لا يتقدم ولا يتأخر، لجاءهم العذاب حين طلبوه، وليأتينهم فجأة، وهم لا يشعرون به ولا يُحِسُّون.

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