24 Preface نُمَتِّعُهُم قَليلًا ثُمَّ نَضطَرُّهُم إِلىٰ عَذابٍ غَليظٍYusuf AliWe grant them their pleasure for a little while:1 in the end shall We drive them to a chastisement unrelenting.Cf. 2:126. The respite in this life is of short duration. The ultimate Penalty of Evil is such as cannot be quenched. Cf. 14:17. It will be too late then to repent.