سُوْرَةُ الشُّعَرَآءِ

Surah Ash-Shu'araa (26) — Ayah 204

The Poets · Meccan · Juz 19 · Page 375

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ ﴿204﴾
Would they then wish for Our Torment to be hastened on?
أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا afabiʿadhābinā So is it for Our punishment
يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ yastaʿjilūna they wish to hasten

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(Ayah 204) {اَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُوْنَ:} That is, when the punishment comes, they will ask for respite, and today when respite has been given, they demand punishment. Sometimes they say: «{ فَاَمْطِرْ عَلَيْنَا حِجَارَةً مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ [ الأنفال : ۳۲ ] "So rain down stones upon us from the sky." Sometimes they say: «{ فَاَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ [ الشعراء : ۱۸۷ ] "So make pieces fall upon us from the sky." Sometimes they say: «{ اَوْ تَاْتِيَ بِاللّٰهِ وَ الْمَلٰٓىِٕكَةِ قَبِيْلًا [ بني إسرائیل : ۹۲ ] "Or bring Allah and the angels before us." Sometimes they say: «{ مَتٰى هٰذَا الْوَعْدُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِيْنَ [ یونس : ۴۸ ] "When will this promise be fulfilled, if you are truthful?"

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24-1. This is a reference to their demand which they kept making to their Prophet, that if you are truthful then bring the punishment.

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204. Are they asking for Our punishment [120] to be hastened?

[120] That is, today they have been given respite, so they demand punishment. Then when they see the punishment, at that time they will demand respite. However, neither their first demand was correct nor will the second one be correct, because there is a set rule for Allah's punishment; it does not depend on anyone's demand or lack thereof. Then, when the appointed time for punishment comes, there can be no delay in it, nor can anyone be granted further respite upon request.