Do they want to hasten the manifestation of Our punishment (death)? (Death is the beginning of suffering for those who deny their essential reality, while grace for the believers.)
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Do they seek to hasten Our chastisement?
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim
Do they wish Our punishment be hastened on as a challenge to the truth of the measure and its wisdom