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Surah At-Tariq — 86:17

فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا

Famahhilil kaafireena amhilhum ruwaidaa

Daj więc nieco wytchnienia niewiernym; daj im jeszcze chwilę zwłoki!

So give the deniers respite; let them be for a little while.

Reflection

The command is given twice over in a single line, first as mahhil and then as amhil, two forms of one verb for granting time. Ruwaydan closes it, a diminutive meaning a little, and the word appears nowhere else. Against people described as scheming, what is asked for is a short measured wait, and the surah ends on it.

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