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Sura 21
Aya 37
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خُلِقَ الإِنسانُ مِن عَجَلٍ ۚ سَأُريكُم آياتي فَلا تَستَعجِلونِ

Muhammad Asad

Man is a creature of haste;1 [but in time] I shall make obvious to you [the truth of] My messages: do not, then, ask Me to hasten [it] !2
  • Lit., "is created out of haste" - i.e., he is by nature imbued with impatience: cf. last sentence of 17:11. In the present context this refers to man's impatience regarding things to come: in this case - as is obvious from the sequence - his hasty refusal to believe in God's coming judgment
  • Cf. 16:1 - "God's judgment is [bound to] come: do not; then, call for its speedy advent!"