← Surah 15

15:5

مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ

Word by word

مَّا
Not
Preposition
تَسْبِقُ
(can) advance
Verb
Root: سبق
مِنْ
any
Preposition
أُمَّةٍ
nation
Noun
Root: أمم
أَجَلَهَا
its term
Noun
Root: أجل
وَمَا
and not
Preposition
يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ
(can) delay it
Verb
Root: أخر

Translation

Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it.

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

Hiçbir millet, ecelinin önüne geçemez ve onu geciktiremez.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

Hiçbir ümmet, ecelinin önüne geçemez ve onu geciktiremez.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

No nation can outstrip its term nor can they lag behind.

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain