Jonah 10:51

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Arabic English Morphology
أَثُمَّ athumma
Is (it) then Prep
إِذَا idhā
when Noun
مَا
when Noun
وَقَعَ waqaʿa
(it had) occurred V
you (will) believe V
in it Noun
Now Noun
وَقَدْ waqad
And certainly Prep
كُنتُم kuntum
you were V
بِهِۦ bihi
seeking to hasten it Noun
seeking to hasten it V

Will you believe in it, when it actually happens?’ It will be said, ‘Now [you believe], when [before] you sought to hasten it?’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

أَثُمَّ إِذَا مَا وَقَعَ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦۤۚ ءَاۤلۡءَـٰنَ وَقَدۡ كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ ۝٥١

athumma idhā mā waqaʿa āmantum bihi āl'āna waqad kuntum bihi tastaʿjilūn