Punishment Delayed
Your Lord is Forgiving and Merciful. If He were to punish them immediately for their deeds, He would hasten their doom. But He has set an appointed time, from which they will find no escape.
18:58Thy Lord is the Forgiver, Full of Mercy. If He took them to task (now) for what they earn, He would hasten on the doom for them; but theirs is an appointed term from which they will find no escape.