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They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment,

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which will take them by surprise when they least expect ˹it˺.

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Then they will cry, “Can we be allowed more time?”

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Do they ˹really˺ seek to hasten Our torment?

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Imagine ˹O Prophet˺ if We allowed them enjoyment for years,

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then there came to them what they had been threatened with:

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would that enjoyment be of any benefit to them ˹at all˺?

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We have never destroyed a society without warners

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to remind ˹them˺, for We would never wrong ˹anyone˺.

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It was not the devils who brought this ˹Quran˺ down:

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