Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:34

7:34

وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ

walikulli ummatin ajalun fa-idhā jāa ajaluhum lā yastakhirūna sāʿatan walā yastaqdimūna

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].

— Saheeh International

There is a time set for every people: they cannot hasten it, nor, when it comes, will they be able to delay it for a single moment.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And every nation has its appointed term; when their term comes, neither can they delay it nor can they advance it an hour (or a moment).

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

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Word by Word

وَلِكُلِّwalikulliAnd for every
أُمَّةٍummatinnation
أَجَلٌۭۖajalun(is a fixed) term
فَإِذَاfa-idhāSo when
جَآءَjāacomes
أَجَلُهُمْajaluhumtheir term
لَاlā(they can) not
يَسْتَأْخِرُونَyastakhirūnaseek to delay
سَاعَةًۭۖsāʿatanan hour
وَلَاwalāand not
يَسْتَقْدِمُونَyastaqdimūnaseek to advance (it)