سورة الاٴعرَاف
Surah Al-A‘râf 7:34
The Elevated Places · Verse 34 of 206
وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ ۖ فَإِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
For (the end of) every nation there is a term fixed, so that when their term comes, they cannot delay a single moment (to avoid it) nor can they get ahead (of it to escape from it).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
To every people is a term appointed: when their term is reached, not an hour can they cause delay, nor (an hour) can they advance (it in anticipation).
Ahmed Ali
A term is fixed for every people; and when their appointed time is come there will neither be a moment´s delay nor haste.
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Ali Unal
And (know that) for every community there is a term appointed (by God considering their free will); and when the end of the term falls, they can neither delay it by a single moment, nor can they hasten it.
Daryabadi
And for every community there is an appointed term; then when its term shall arrive, not an hour will they stay behind or go in advance.
Faridul Haque
And every group has a promise; so when its promise comes, it cannot be postponed for a moment or brought forward.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And every nation has a term; so when its term comes, they cannot remain behind the least while, nor can they precede (it).
Maulvi Sher Ali
And for every people there is a term, and when their term is come, they cannot remain behind a single moment, nor can they get ahead of it.
Muhammad Asad
And for all people a term has been set and when [the end of] their term approaches, they can neither delay it by a single moment, nor can they hasten it.
Muhammad Musin Khan
And every nation has its appointed term; when their term is reached, neither can they delay it nor can they advance it an hour (or a moment).
Muhammad Pickthall
And every nation hath its term, and when its term cometh, they cannot put it off an hour nor yet advance (it).
Muhammad Sarwar
All people can only live for an appointed time. When their term ends, they will not remain (alive) even for a single hour, nor will they die before the appointed time.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And for every nation there is a doom, so when their doom is come they shall not remain behind the least while, nor shall they go before.
Rashad Khalifa
For each community, there is a predetermined life span. Once their interim comes to an end, they cannot delay it by one hour, nor advance it.
Shabbir Ahmed
All nations and communities determine the terms of their Rise and Fall in accordance with these Divine laws. And these laws work with meticulous timing, without delay and without hastening.