Surah Al-A'raf 7:34 — translation and meaning
الأعراف · Verse 34 / 206 · Page 154
ۖ ۖ وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ فَإِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ
Word by Word
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وَلِكُلِّ
walikulli
And for every
أُمَّةٍ
ummatin
nation
أَجَلٌ
ajalun
(is a fixed) term
فَإِذَا
fa-idha
So when
جَاءَ
jaa
comes
أَجَلُهُمْ
ajaluhum
their term
لَا
la
(they can) not
يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ
yastakhiruna
seek to delay
سَاعَةً
sa'atan
an hour
وَلَا
wala
and not
يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ
yastaqdimuna
seek to advance (it)
Transliteration
Wa likulli ummatin ajalun fa izaa jaaa'a ajaluhum laa yastaakhiroona saa'atanw wa laa yastaqdimoon
Translation
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].
Verse interpretation (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.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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