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Al-Hijr (The Rocky Tract)

Verse 5of 99

مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ﴿٥

Translation (Sahih International)

No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter.

Word-by-word meaning

مَّاNot
تَسْبِقُtasbiqu(can) advance
مِنْminany
أُمَّةٍummatinnation
أَجَلَهَاajalahāits term
وَمَاwamāand not
يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَyastakhirūna(can) delay it

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Every Township has its allotted TimeAllah is informing us that He never destroys a township until He has established evidences for it and its allotted time has ended. When the time for a nation's destruction has come, He never delays it, and He never moves its appointed time forward. This was a message and a warning to the people of Makkah, telling them to give up their Shirk, their stubbornness and disbelief for which they deserved to be destroyed.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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