مَّا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ ٥
No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- مَّاNotmā
- تَسۡبِقُ(can) advancetasbiqu
- مِنۡanymin
- أُمَّةٍnationummatin
- أَجَلَهَاits termajalahā
- وَمَاand notwamā
- يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ(can) delay ityastakhirūna
Tafsir
A nation will not be destroyed before its appointed time, and its destruction will not be delayed when its time arrives. The wrongdoers should not have hope in Allah delaying their fate.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran