They also say: "Tell us when this threat will come to pass, if you are truthful."1
Footnotes
[1]
The same threat which is implied in the preceding verse. What they meant was: “When will the scourge with which you threaten us overtake us? Why are we not being punished when we have not only rejected you but have also done whatever we could to frustrate your mission?”
[2]
The Arabic word used is nafs,which means ‘self’, referring to the human life.