وَكَأَيِّنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ أَمْلَيْتُ لَهَا وَهِيَ ظَالِمَةٌ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهَا وَإِلَيَّ الْمَصِيرُ
To how many habitations did We give respite, though given to wickedness, and then seized them. To Me they had to come back in the end.
(Let them not hasten you to bring on them Our punishment.) How many a township that was given up to wrongdoing have I given respite to, but then seized them (when they persisted in unbelief and injustices); and to Me is the homecoming.
And so many (people of) townships were given to wicked ways but I respited them long. Then I took them to task and to Me alone shall be the return (of all of them).
And to how many a community that was im-mersed in evildoing have I given rein for a while! But then I took it to task: for with Me is all journeys' end!
And how many a city did give reins to, While it wronged itself, then took hold of it! and unto Me is the return.
And to many a township did I give respite although they were oppressors; then I seized them; and towards Me is the return.
They will bid you to hasten on the torment, but Allah will never fail in his promise; for, verily, a day with your Lord is as a thousand years of what you number.
And how many from a village/urban city I extended in time/life for it, and it is unjust/oppressive? Then I took/punished it, and to Me (is) the end/destination.
There have been many townships teeming with wrong doings, to whom at first I gave respite and at the end I smote them. Towards Me is the destination of all.
And they ask thee to hasten on the chastisement, and Allah by no means fails in His promise. And surely a day with thy Lord is as a thousand years of what you reckon.
To how many unjust towns have We given respite and then sized with torment. To Me do all things return.
And how many a township did I suffer long though it was sinful! Then I grasped it. Unto Me is the return.
And how many a town to which I gave respite while it was unjust, then I overtook it, and to Me is the return.
And many a township did I give respite while it was given to wrong-doing. Then (in the end) I seized it (with punishment). And to Me is the (final) return (of all).
And to how many populations did I give respite, which were given to wrong-doing? in the end I punished them. To me is the destination (of all).