The Holy Quran 74:37 — Surah Al-Muddaththir

Arabic text

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ

Translation

...(it is a warning especially) for those of you who wish to advance (towards good) and those who wish to retreat (move away from good).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

To go forward — towards good or towards Paradise; and to stay behind — caught up in evil or cast into Hell. In any case, the point is that for all mukallafs (those bound by the obligations of the shariah)

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