Tafsir of Al-Hajj 22:47

The Disbelievers Demand for the Punishment Allah tells His Prophet:

ويستعجلونك بالعذاب

And they ask you to hasten on the torment! meaning, these disbelievers who disbelieve in Allah and His Book and His Messenger and the Last Day. This is like the Ayat:

وإذ قالوا اللهم إن كان هذا هو الحق من عندك فٲمطر علينا حجارة من السماء أو ايتنا بعذاب أليم

And (remember) when they said: "O Allah! If this is indeed the truth from You, then rain down stones on us from the sky or bring on us a painful torment.'' (8:32)

وقالوا ربنا عجل لنا قطنا قبل يوم الحساب

They say: "Our Lord! Hasten to us Qittana (our punishment) before the Day of Reckoning!'' (38:16)

ولن يخلف الله وعده

And Allah fails not His promise. means, His promise to bring about the Hour and wreak vengeance upon His enemies, and to honor His close friends.

وإن يوما عند ربك كٲلف سنة مما تعدون

And verily a day with your Lord is as a thousand years of what you reckon. means, He does not hasten, for what is counted as a thousand years with His creation is as one day with Him, and He knows that He is able to exact revenge and that He will not miss a thing, even if He delays and waits and postpones. Hence He then says:

وكٲين من قرية أمليت لها وهي ظالمة ثم أخذتها وإلي المصير