Quran 7:34 — Al-A'raaf, verse 34
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
There is a time set for every people: they cannot hasten it, nor, when it comes, will they be able to delay it for a single moment.
وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ ۖ فَإِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ
walikulli ummatin ajalun fa-idhā jāa ajaluhum lā yastakhirūna sāʿatan walā yastaqdimūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- To every nation a term; when their term comes they shall not put it back by a single hour nor put it forward.
- Muhammad Asad
- And for all people a term has been set: and when [the end of] their term approaches, they can neither delay it by a single moment, nor can they hasten it.
- Sahih International
- And for every nation is a [specified] term. So when their time has come, they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلِكُلِّwalikulli | And for every | كلل |
| 2 | أُمَّةٍummatin | nation | أمم |
| 3 | أَجَلٌۭ ۖajalun | (is a fixed) term | أجل |
| 4 | فَإِذَاfa-idhā | So when | — |
| 5 | جَآءَjāa | comes | جيأ |
| 6 | أَجَلُهُمْajaluhum | their term | أجل |
| 7 | لَاlā | (they can) not | — |
| 8 | يَسْتَأْخِرُونَyastakhirūna | seek to delay | أخر |
| 9 | سَاعَةًۭ ۖsāʿatan | an hour | سوع |
| 10 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 11 | يَسْتَقْدِمُونَyastaqdimūna | seek to advance (it) | قدم |