The Holy Quran 23:43 — Surah Al-Mu'minun

Arabic text

مَا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ

Translation

No nation can outstrip their term (they cannot survive beyond the time when they are destined to perish), nor can they delay it (to give them more time).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, every nation that denied the prophets was destroyed precisely at its own appointed time: whatever term a nation had, it did not move a minute earlier or later.

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