سورة الحِجر
Surah Al-Hijr 15:5
The Rock · Verse 5 of 99
مَا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
No people can outstrip its term and none can ever remain behind.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it.
Ahmed Ali
No people can hasten or delay the term already fixed for them.
12 more translations
Ali Unal
No community can ever hasten on the end of its term, nor can they delay it.
Daryabadi
No community precedeth the term thereof nor doth it fall behind.
Faridul Haque
No group may advance its appointed promise nor postpone it.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
No people can hasten on their doom, nor can they postpone (it).
Maulvi Sher Ali
No people can escape their doom by outstripping their appointed term, nor can they remain behind.
Muhammad Asad
[but remember that] no community can ever forestall [the end of] its term - and neither can they delay [it].
Muhammad Musin Khan
No nation can anticipate its term, nor delay it.
Muhammad Pickthall
No nation can outstrip its term nor can they lag behind.
Muhammad Sarwar
Every nation can only live for the time appointed for it.
Muhammed ali Shakir
No people can hasten on their doom nor can they postpone (it).
Rashad Khalifa
The end of any community can never be advanced, nor delayed.
Shabbir Ahmed
(The Law of Respite makes no exceptions.) The end of any community can neither be advanced, nor delayed.
Commentary 15:5 Ajalأجَل means “term”. It signifies the biological span of life. An organism is destined to grow, reach maturity and ultimately decay. Ajal also signifies…
مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ
15:5 Ajalأجَل means “term”. It signifies the biological span of life. An organism is destined to grow, reach maturity and ultimately decay. Ajal also signifies the time appointed for the punishment of the opponents of a prophet as predicted by him.