16وَقالوا رَبَّنا عَجِّل لَنا قِطَّنا قَبلَ يَومِ الحِسابِMuhammad AsadAs it is, they say [mockingly]: "O our Sustainer! Hasten on to us our share [of punishment even] before the Day of Reckornng!"1Cf. 8:32. This mocking "demand" of the unbelievers is mentioned in several other places in the Qur'an.