وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٞۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمۡ لَا يَسۡتَأۡخِرُونَ سَاعَةٗ وَلَا يَسۡتَقۡدِمُونَ ٣٤
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].
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
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وَلِكُلِّ And for every walikulli أُمَّةٍ nation ummatin أَجَلٞۖ (is a fixed) term ajalun فَإِذَا So when fa-idhā جَآءَ comes jāa أَجَلُهُمۡ their term ajaluhum لَا (they can) not lā يَسۡتَأۡخِرُونَ seek to delay yastakhirūna سَاعَةٗ an hour sāʿatan وَلَا and not walā يَسۡتَقۡدِمُونَ seek to advance (it) yastaqdimūna Tafsir Every generation and people are given a fixed time. If their decreed time arrives, they cannot delay it, even by a small amount, and they cannot advance it.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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