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fa-ʾinna li-lladhīna ẓalamū dhanūban mithla dhanūbi ʾaṣḥābihim fa-lā yastaʿjilūni
Indeed the lot of those who do wrong [now] will be like the lot of their [earlier] counterparts. So let them not ask Me to hasten on [that fate].
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah al-Dhariyat - Verses 59-60
59. And indeed, for those who did wrong, there is a portion of torment like the evil portion of torment [which came for] their likes; therefore, let them not ask Me to hasten on [since they will taste it]!
60. Then, woe to those who disbelieved the Day which they is promised.
One who does not worship and glorify God Almighty and refrains from treading the Path for which he was created is a wrong-doer and disbeliever. The Arabic word zanub literally denotes large bucket by which water is distributed, but it figuratively connotes disbelievers’ deeds indicating that a large portion of Divine torment is in store for disbelievers in the same manner that it was sent down upon former peoples like ‘Ad and Thamud.
“Let them not ask Me to hasten on”
is a response to disbelievers’ derisive inquiry as to the time of Divine torment to be sent down upon them. The blessed Verses in question are addressed to them, saying that the time of your torment shall arrive and they need not hasten. The last Verse is saying:
“Woe unto those who disbelieved, since they shall be afflicted with severe torments in store for them on the Day of Resurrection.”