The Holy Quran 16:61 — Surah An-Nahl

Arabic text

وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّاسَ بِظُلْمِهِم مَّا تَرَكَ عَلَيْهَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ وَلَـٰكِن يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ سَاعَةً ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ

Translation

If Allaah were to take people to task for their injustice (Shirk, sin), He would not have left a single creature (alive) on earth (because the punishment affecting the people would have also killed everything else), but He grants them (people) respite (time to mend their ways) until an appointed term. (However,) When their term expires, they will not be able to delay it for a moment, nor bring it forward.

Tafsir (excerpt) — التفسير الميسر

ولو يؤاخذ الله الناس بكفرهم وافترائهم ما ترك على الأرض مَن يتحرَّك، ولكن يبقيهم إلى وقت محدد هو نهاية آجالهم، فإذا جاء أجلهم لا يتأخرون عنه وقتًا يسيرًا، ولا يتقدمون.

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