“And apostles before you were certainly mocked at, but I gave respite to those who disbelieved, then I destroyed them; how then was My requital (of evil)? / Is He then Who watches every soul as to what it earns? And yet they give associates to Allah! Say: Give them a name; nay, do you mean to inform Him of what He does not know in the earth, or (do you affirm this) by an outward saying? Rather, their plans are made to appear fair-seeming to those who disbelieve, and they are kept back from the path; and whom Allah makes err, he shall have no guide.”
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“And let not those who disbelieve think that Our granting them respite is better for their souls; We grant them respite only that they may add to their sins; and they shall have a disgraceful chastisement.”
“We didn't solicit him to come here, he came of his own volition ... We gave him the immediate respite and took him into the program.”
Gary Miller
“And how many a town to which I gave respite while it was unjust, then I overtook it, and to Me is the return.”
“We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic.”
Cullen Hightower
“So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a while.”
