Quran 34:30 — Saba, verse 30
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘You have an appointment for a Day which you cannot put off nor bring forward, even by a single moment.’
قُلْ لَكُمْ مِيعَادُ يَوْمٍ لَا تَسْتَأْخِرُونَ عَنْهُ سَاعَةً وَلَا تَسْتَقْدِمُونَ
qul lakum mīʿādu yawmin lā tastakhirūna ʿanhu sāʿatan walā tastaqdimūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'You have the tryst of a day that you shall not put back by a single hour nor put it forward.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: “There has been appointed for you a Day, which you can neither delay nor advance by a single moment.”
- Sahih International
- Say, "For you is the appointment of a Day [when] you will not remain thereafter an hour, nor will you precede [it]."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | لَّكُمlakum | For you | — |
| 3 | مِّيعَادُmīʿādu | (is the) appointment | وعد |
| 4 | يَوْمٍۢyawmin | (of) a Day | يوم |
| 5 | لَّاlā | not | — |
| 6 | تَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَtastakhirūna | you can postpone | أخر |
| 7 | عَنْهُʿanhu | [of] it | — |
| 8 | سَاعَةًۭsāʿatan | (for) an hour | سوع |
| 9 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 10 | تَسْتَقْدِمُونَtastaqdimūna | (can) you precede (it) | قدم |