سورة النمل، الآية ٧٢
قُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُم بَعْضُ ٱلَّذِى تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ ٧٢
qul ʿasā an yakūna radifa lakum baʿḍu alladhī tastaʿjilūna
Say, "Perhaps it is close behind you [i.e., very near] - some of that for which you are impatient.
Verse 72 of Surah An-Naml (27:72), a Meccan surah, is in juz 20, on page 383 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
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O Messenger, say to them: “Perhaps some of the punishment you are hastily seeking has already come near”.
Say, “Perhaps some of what you seek to hasten is quite near to you.”
Say: "Perhaps that which you wish to hasten on, may be close behind you.
Say: It may be that a part of that which ye would hasten on is close behind you.
Say: "It may be that some of the events which ye wish to hasten on may be (close) in your pursuit!"
Say: Maybe there may have drawn near to you somewhat of that which you seek to hasten on.
Say, "It may be that coming immediately after you is some (part) of that which you seek to hasten."
أَوْ خَلْقًا مِّمَّا يَكْبُرُ فِى صُدُورِكُمْ فَسَيَقُولُونَ مَن يُعِيدُنَا قُلِ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ فَسَيُنْغِضُونَ إِلَيْكَ رُءُوسَهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هُوَ قُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ قَرِيبًا
Or [any] creation of that which is great within your breasts." And they will say, "Who will restore us?" Say, "He who brought you forth the first time." Then they will nod their heads toward you and say, "When is that?" Say, "Perhaps it will be soon -
يَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمُحِيطَةٌۢ بِٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
They urge you to hasten the punishment. And indeed, Hell will be encompassing of the disbelievers
