Surah An-Nahl, ayah 61
وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّاسَ بِظُلْمِهِم مَّا تَرَكَ عَلَيْهَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ وَلَـٰكِن يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ سَاعَةً ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ
And if Allāh were to impose blame on the people for their wrongdoing, He would not have left upon it [i.e., the earth] any creature, but He defers them for a specified term. And when their term has come, they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it].
An-Nahl · 16:61
Word by word
- وَلَوْwalawAnd if
- يُؤَاخِذُyuākhidhuAllah were to seize
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah were to seize
- ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe mankind
- بِظُلْمِهِمbiẓul'mihimfor their wrongdoing
- مَّاmānot
- تَرَكَtarakaHe (would) have left
- عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon it
- مِنminany
- دَآبَّةٍۢdābbatinmoving creature
- وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
- يُؤَخِّرُهُمْyu-akhiruhumHe defers them
- إِلَىٰٓilāfor
- أَجَلٍۢajalina term
- مُّسَمًّۭى ۖmusammanappointed
- فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen when
- جَآءَjāacomes
- أَجَلُهُمْajaluhumtheir terms
- لَاlānot
- يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَyastakhirūnathey (will) remain behind
- سَاعَةًۭ ۖsāʿatanan hour
- وَلَاwalāand not
- يَسْتَقْدِمُونَyastaqdimūnathey can advance (it)
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