Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: An-Nahl, Ayah 47
أَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ عَلَىٰ تَخَوُّفٍۢ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌۭ رَّحِيمٌ
Or that He would not seize them gradually [in a state of dread]? But indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.
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(Or that He will not seize them with a gradual wasting) of their leaders and companions? (Lo! thy Lord is indeed Full of Pity, Merciful!) towards him who repents; it is also said that this means: He is full of pity in that He defers His punishment.
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
Or that He will not seize them amid growing fear? amid a gradual diminishing of their numbers little by little until all are destroyed ‘alā takhawwufin is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the subject of the verb God or the object. Indeed then your Lord is Gentle Merciful insofar as He does not hasten for them their punishment.