Abraham
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[14:44]
Hence, warn men of the Day when this suffering may befall them, and when those who did wrong [in their lifetime] will exclaim: "O our Sustainer! Grant us respite for a short while, so that we might respond to Thy call and follow the apostles!"
[But God will answer:] "Why – were you not aforetime wont to swear that no kind of resurrection and retribution awaited you?

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* v.44 : Cf. 6:27.
* Lit., “that there would be no going down [or “no removal”] whatever for you” – i.e., no passing-over from earthly life to a life in the hereafter, attended by God’s retribution of sins: a reference to many people’s refusal, often mentioned in the Qur’ān, to believe in life after death and. hence. in God’s ultimate judgment.