وَلَىِٕنۡ أَخَّرۡنَا عَنۡهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ إِلَىٰۤ أُمَّةࣲ مَّعۡدُودَةࣲ لَّیَقُولُنَّ مَا یَحۡبِسُهُۥۤۗ أَلَا یَوۡمَ یَأۡتِیهِمۡ لَیۡسَ مَصۡرُوفًا عَنۡهُمۡ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ یَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ۝٨
wala-in akharnā ʿanhumu l-ʿadhāba ilā ummatin maʿdūdatin layaqūlunna mā yaḥbisuhu alā yawma yatīhim laysa maṣrūfan ʿanhum waḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihi yastahziūn
Abdel Haleem: If We defer their punishment for a determined time, they are sure to say, ‘What is holding it back?’ But on the Day it comes upon them, nothing will divert it from them; what they mocked will be all around them

Interlinear Analysis

1
wala-in
إِن
Root: ا ن
Prep.
2
akharnā
أَخَّرَ
Root: أ خ ر
Verb
3
ʿanhumu
عَن
Root: ع ن
Prep.
4
l-ʿadhāba
عَذاب
Root: ع ذ ب
Noun
5
ilā
إِلَى
Root: ا ل ي
Prep.
6
ummatin
أُمَّة
Root: أ م م
Noun
7
maʿdūdatin
مَعْدُودَة
Root: ع د د
Noun
8
layaqūlunna
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
9
ما
Root: م ا
Noun
10
yaḥbisuhu
يَحْبِسُ
Root: ح ب س
Verb
11
alā
أَلا
Root: أ ل ا
Prep.
12
yawma
يَوْم
Root: ي و م
Noun
13
yatīhim
أَتَى
Root: أ ت ي
Verb
14
laysa
لَيْسَ
Root: ل ي س
Verb
15
maṣrūfan
مَصْرُوف
Root: ص ر ف
Noun
16
ʿanhum
عَن
Root: ع ن
Prep.
17
waḥāqa
حاقَ
Root: ح ي ق
Verb
18
بِهِم
bihim
Noun
19
ما
Root: م ا
Noun
20
kānū
كانَ
Root: ك و ن
Verb
21
بِهِۦ
bihi
Noun
22
yastahziūna
اسْتُهْزِئَ
Root: ه ز أ
Verb