وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ ۚ وَلَوْلَآ أَجَلٌۭ مُّسَمًّۭى لَّجَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَيَأْتِيَنَّهُم بَغْتَةًۭ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
Translation
Sahih International
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.
Word-by-Word Translation
وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ
And they ask you to hasten
بِٱلْعَذَابِ ۚ
[with] the punishment
وَلَوْلَآ
And if not
أَجَلٌۭ
(for) a term
مُّسَمًّۭى
appointed
لَّجَآءَهُمُ
surely (would) have come to them
ٱلْعَذَابُ
the punishment
وَلَيَأْتِيَنَّهُم
But it will surely come to them
بَغْتَةًۭ
suddenly
وَهُمْ
while they
لَا
(do) not
يَشْعُرُونَ
perceive
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