Surah Hud, ayah 8

11:8

وَلَئِنۡ أَخَّرۡنَا عَنۡهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٖ مَّعۡدُودَةٖ لَّيَقُولُنَّ مَا يَحۡبِسُهُۥٓۗ أَلَا يَوۡمَ يَأۡتِيهِمۡ لَيۡسَ مَصۡرُوفًا عَنۡهُمۡ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ٨

Wala'in akkharnā 'anhumul-'adhāba ilā ummatim ma'dūdatil layaqūlunna mā yahbisuhū alā yawma ya'tīhim laysa masrūfan 'anhum wahāqa bihim mā kānū bihī yastahzi'ūn

And if We hold back from them the punishment for a limited time, they will surely say,549 "What detains it?" Unquestionably, on the Day it comes to them, it will not be averted from them, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

Footnotes

549 In ridicule and disbelief.