Surah Saba (سبإ) • Sheba

Quran 34:30

34:30

قُل لَّكُم مِّيعَادُ يَوْمٍ لَّا تَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ عَنْهُ سَاعَةً وَلَا تَسْتَقْدِمُونَ

qul lakum mīʿādu yawmin lā tastakhirūna ʿanhu sāʿatan walā tastaqdimūna

Say, "For you is the appointment of a Day [when] you will not remain thereafter an hour, nor will you precede [it]."

— Saheeh International

Say, ‘You have an appointment for a Day which you cannot put off nor bring forward, even by a single moment.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "The appointment to you is for a Day, which you cannot put back for an hour (or a moment) nor put forward."

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

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Word by Word

قُلqulSay
لَّكُمlakumFor you
مِّيعَادُmīʿādu(is the) appointment
يَوْمٍۢyawmin(of) a Day
لَّاlānot
تَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَtastakhirūnayou can postpone
عَنْهُʿanhu[of] it
سَاعَةًۭsāʿatan(for) an hour
وَلَاwalāand not
تَسْتَقْدِمُونَtastaqdimūna(can) you precede (it)