Al-Hijr 15:5 ما تسبق من امة اجلها وما يستاخرون ٥

15:5

مَّا

تَسۡبِقُ

مِنۡ

أُمَّةٍ

أَجَلَهَا

وَمَا

يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ

No people can precede their appointed time, nor can they exceed it.

Endelea Kusoma

Soma Tafsir

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Every Township has its allotted Time

Allah 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 mess

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Every Township has its allotted Time

Allah is informing us that He never destroys a township until He has established evidences for it and its allotted

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Zaidi Tafsir

Soma Maudhui Yanayohusiana

Sura 15, Ukurasa 262, Juzuu 14

2. On many occasions, the disbelievers will wish that they were Muslims. 3. Let them eat and enjoy, and let (their) fancy make them neglectful, for they shall soon come to know (their ultimate end). 4. We did not destroy any town without having a pre-determined time for it. 5. No people can precede their appointed time, nor can they exceed it. 6. They say, “O you to whom the Dhikr (the Qur’ān) has been revealed, you are surely insane. 7. Why do you not bring the angels to us, if you are one of the truthful?” 8. We do not send down the angels except with truth, and then they shall be given no respite. 9. We, Ourselves, have sent down the Dhikr (the Qur’ān), and We are there to protect it. 10. We did send the messengers before you among the groups of earlier peoples. 11. No messenger came to them but they used to mock at him. 12. Likewise, We make it (i.e. disbelief) enter into the hearts of the sinners, 13. (whereby) they do not believe in it (the Qur’ān), and this has been the way of earlier people. 14. Even if We open a gate in the sky and they keep ascending through it, 15. still they will say, “In fact our eyes have been deluded; rather we are enchanted people.

- T. Usmani