54 Preface يَستَعجِلونَكَ بِالعَذابِ وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمُحيطَةٌ بِالكافِرينَYusuf AliThey ask thee to hasten on the Punishment:1 but, of a surety, Hell will encompass the Rejecters of Faith!-The challenge of the wicked for Punishment was answered in the last verse by reference to God’s merciful Respite, to give chances of repentance. It is answered in this verse by an assurance that if no repentance is forthcoming, the Punishment will be certain and of an all-pervasive kind. Hell will surround them on all sides, and above them and below them.