Surah Al-Mu'minun (المؤمنون) • The Believers

Quran 23:43

23:43

مَا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ

mā tasbiqu min ummatin ajalahā wamā yastakhirūna

No nation will precede its time [of termination], nor will they remain [thereafter].

— Saheeh International

no community can advance or delay its time-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

No nation can advance their term, nor can they delay it.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

مَاmāNot
تَسْبِقُtasbiqucan precede
مِنْminany
أُمَّةٍummatinnation
أَجَلَهَاajalahāits term
وَمَاwamāand not
يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَyastakhirūnathey (can) delay (it)