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Verse 34of 206

وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌۭ ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةًۭ ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ﴿٣٤

Translation (Sahih International)

And for every nation is a [specified] term. So when their time has come, they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it].

Word-by-word meaning

وَلِكُلِّwalikulliAnd for every
أُمَّةٍummatinnation
أَجَلٌۭ ۖajalun(is a fixed) term
فَإِذَاfa-idhāSo when
جَآءَjāacomes
أَجَلُهُمْajaluhumtheir term
لَا(they can) not
يَسْتَأْخِرُونَyastakhirūnaseek to delay
سَاعَةًۭ ۖsāʿatanan hour
وَلَاwalāand not
يَسْتَقْدِمُونَyastaqdimūnaseek to advance (it)

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ(And every Ummah has), meaning, each generation and nation, أَجَلٌ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ(its appointed term; when their term comes) which they were destined for, لاَ يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلاَ يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ(neither can they delay it nor can they advance it an hour (or a moment)). Allah then warned the Children of Adam that He sent to them Messengers who conveyed to them His Ayat.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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