Al-A’ráf 7:34 ولكل امة اجل فاذا جاء اجلهم لا يستاخرون ساعة ولا يستقدمون ٣٤
وَلِكُلِّ
أُمَّةٍ
أَجَلٞۖ
فَإِذَا
جَآءَ
أَجَلُهُمۡ
لَا
يَسۡتَأۡخِرُونَ
سَاعَةٗ
وَلَا
يَسۡتَقۡدِمُونَ
٣٤
For each community there is an appointed term. When their time arrives, they can neither delay it for a moment, nor could they advance it.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
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].
— Saheeh International
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
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 mome
…وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ
(And every Ummah has), meaning, each generation and nation,
أَجَلٌ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ
(its appointed term; when their term comes
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