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qul law ʾanna ʿindī mā tastaʿjilūna bihī la-quḍiya l-ʾamru baynī wa-baynakum wa-llāhu ʾaʿlamu bi-ẓ-ẓālimīna
Say, ‘If what you seek to hasten were with me, the matter would surely have been decided between you and me, and Allah knows best the wrongdoers.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Al-‘An’am, Verse 58
58. "Say: 'If that which you hasten for were with me, certainly the matter would be decided between you and me, and Allah knows best the unjust."
Retributions are with Allah, but he respites the unjust as His Knowledge and Wisdom requires.
People's haste does not change Allah’s Wisdom. Yet, the respite in receiving Allah’s punishment should not cause that pagans think that their infidelity has been neglected.
Allah better knows the status of the transgressors and that in what thing there lies their interest; and that whether their punishment should be sent down now or later.