← Surah 7

7:34

وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ

Word by word

وَلِكُلِّ
And for every
Noun
Root: كلل
أُمَّةٍ
nation
Noun
Root: أمم
أَجَلٌ
(is a fixed) term
Noun
Root: أجل
فَإِذَا
So when
Preposition
جَآءَ
comes
Verb
Root: جيأ
أَجَلُهُمْ
their term
Noun
Root: أجل
لَا
(they can) not
Preposition
يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ
seek to delay
Verb
Root: أخر
سَاعَةً
an hour
Noun
Root: سوع
وَلَا
and not
Preposition
يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ
seek to advance (it)
Verb
Root: قدم

Translation

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).

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

Her ümmetin bir eceli vardır. O ecel geldiğinde, ne bir ân erteleyebilirler, ne de öne alabilirler.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

Her ümmetin bir süresi vardır. Süreleri gelince ne bir saat (bir an) geri kalır ne de öne gelebilirler.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

And every nation hath its term, and when its term cometh, they cannot put it off an hour nor yet advance (it).

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain