"And when those who wronged see the punishment," meaning: they have entered into it; that is, the polytheists. "It will not be lightened for them," meaning the punishment, "nor will they be reprieved." They asked Allah to delay them and return them to the world so that they might repent, but He did not delay them.
Surat an-Nahl from verse (86) to verse (89).
﴿وَإِذَا رَأَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا الْعَذَابَ﴾ أَيْ: دَخَلُوا فِيهِ؛ يَعْنِي: الْمُشْرِكِينَ ﴿فَلا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ﴾ الْعَذَابُ ﴿وَلا هم ينظرُونَ﴾ سَأَلُوا اللَّهَ أَنْ يُؤَخِّرَهُمْ، فَيَرُدَّهُمْ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا حَتَّى يَتُوبُوا؛ فَلَمْ يؤخرهم.
سُورَة النَّحْل من الْآيَة (٨٦) إِلَى الْآيَة (٨٩).
