وَلَوْ
يُؤَاخِذُ
ٱللَّهُ
ٱلنَّاسَ
بِمَا
كَسَبُوا۟
مَا
تَرَكَ
عَلَىٰ
ظَهْرِهَا
مِن
دَآبَّةٍۢ
وَلَـٰكِن
يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ
إِلَىٰٓ
أَجَلٍۢ
مُّسَمًّۭى ۖ
فَإِذَا
جَآءَ
أَجَلُهُمْ
فَإِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
كَانَ
بِعِبَادِهِۦ
بَصِيرًۢا
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If God were to punish people [at once] for the wrong they have done, there would not be a single creature left on the surface of the earth. He gives them respite for a stated time and, whenever their time comes, God has been watching His servants.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem