176أَفَبِعَذابِنا يَستَعجِلونَMuhammad AsadDo they, then, [really] wish that Our chastisement be hastened on?1This is an allusion to the sarcastic demand of the people who refused to regard the Qur'an as a divine revelation, to be punished forthwith "if this be indeed the truth from God" (see 8:32 and the corresponding note).