These are they who buy the life of this world for the hereafter, so their chastisement shall not be lightened nor shall they be helped.

Abiding in it; their chastisement shall not be lightened nor shall they be given respite.

Abiding in it; their chastisement shall not be lightened nor shall they be respited.

But when We removed the plague from them till a term which they should attain lo! they broke (the promise).

And if We hold back from them the punishment until a stated period of time, they will certainly say: What prevents it? Now surely on the day when it will come to them, it shall not be averted from them and that which they scoffed at shall beset them.

And if you turn away from them to seek mercy from your Lord, which you hope for, speak to them a gentle word.

Was it that we (only) took them in scorn, or have our eyes (now) turned aside from them?

But when We removed from them the chastisement, lo! they broke the pledge.