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Yunus (Jonah)

Verse 49of 109

قُل لَّآ أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِى ضَرًّۭا وَلَا نَفْعًا إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۗ لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ ۚ إِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ فَلَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ سَاعَةًۭ ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ﴿٤٩

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, "I possess not for myself any harm or benefit except what Allah should will. For every nation is a [specified] term. When their time has come, then they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it]."

Word-by-word meaning

قُلqulSay
لَّآNot
أَمْلِكُamlikuI have power
لِنَفْسِىlinafsīfor myself
ضَرًّۭاḍarran(for) any harm
وَلَاwalāand not
نَفْعًاnafʿan(for) any profit
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَاwhat
شَآءَshāaAllah wills
ٱللَّهُ ۗl-lahuAllah wills
لِكُلِّlikulliFor every
أُمَّةٍummatinnation
أَجَلٌ ۚajalun(is) a term
إِذَاidhāWhen
جَآءَjāacomes
أَجَلُهُمْajaluhumtheir term
فَلَاfalāthen not
يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَyastakhirūnathey remain behind
سَاعَةًۭ ۖsāʿatanan hour
وَلَاwalāand not
يَسْتَقْدِمُونَyastaqdimūnathey can precede (it)

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Deniers of the Day of Resurrection wish to hasten its Coming and their ResponseAllah told us about the idolators who reject faith through their demand that the punishment be hastened, inquiring about the time of punishment. The response to such question is not inherently beneficial, yet they inquired anyway.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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