Yusuf Ali
If We delay the penalty for them for a definite term, they are sure to say, "What keeps it back?" Ah! On the day it (actually) reaches them, nothing will turn it away from them, and they will be completely encircled by that which they used to mock at!

Sahih International
And if We hold back from them the punishment for a limited time, they will surely say, "What detains it?" Unquestionably, on the Day it comes to them, it will not be averted from them, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

Shakir
And if We hold back from them the punishment until a stated period of time, they will certainly say: What prevents it? Now surely on the day when it will come to them, it shall not be averted from them and that which they scoffed at shall beset them.

Pickthall
And if We delay for them the doom until a reckoned time, they will surely say: What withholdeth it? Verily on the day when it cometh unto them, it cannot be averted from them, and that which they derided will surround them.

محمد جالندھری
اور اگر ایک مدت معین تک ہم ان سے عذاب روک دیں تو کہیں گے کہ کون سی چیز عذاب روکے ہوئے ہے۔ دیکھو جس روز وہ ان پر واقع ہوگا (پھر) ٹلنے کا نہیں اور جس چیز کے ساتھ یہ استہزاء کیا کرتے ہیں وہ ان کو گھیر لے گی