سُوْرَةُ سَبَاٍ

Surah Saba (34) — Ayah 30

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قُل لَّكُم مِّيعَادُ يَوْمٍ لَّا تَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ عَنْهُ سَاعَةً وَلَا تَسْتَقْدِمُونَ ﴿30﴾
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "The appointment to you is for a Day, which you cannot put back for an hour (or a moment) nor put forward."
قُل qul Say
لَّكُم lakum For you
مِّيعَادُ mīʿādu (is the) appointment
يَوْمٍۢ yawmin (of) a Day
لَّا not
تَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ tastakhirūna you can postpone
عَنْهُ ʿanhu [of] it
سَاعَةًۭ sāʿatan (for) an hour
وَلَا walā and not
تَسْتَقْدِمُونَ tastaqdimūna (can) you precede (it)

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(Ayah 30) {قُلْ لَّكُمْ مِّيْعَادُ يَوْمٍ لَّا تَسْتَاْخِرُوْنَ عَنْهُ سَاعَةً … :} That is, a fixed time has been appointed for you, from which you will neither remain behind even for a moment so that you may get a chance for repentance and turning back, nor will you go ahead so that the punishment may come before the appointed time. Rather, after the respite that Allah Almighty has determined for you is completed, only then will the punishment come, no matter how much you hasten for it. In summary, do not ask when that time will come, rather prepare for it. See also Surah Yunus (49).

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30. 1. That is, Allah has fixed the Day of Resurrection, the knowledge of which is with Him alone. However, when that appointed time comes, it will not be delayed or advanced by even a moment (اِ نَّ اَجَلَ اللّٰہِ اِ ذَا جَآءَ لَا یُئَوخَّرُ) 71. Nuh:4)

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Say, "For you there is an appointed Day, which you can neither delay by a single moment [45], nor advance."

[45] That is, only Allah knows how many more human beings He has yet to create, who are to be tested in this world and under this system of the universe. And all of this is happening according to His preordained scheme. It will surely come to pass. By your asking, hastening, or repeatedly inquiring, it cannot come before its appointed time. However, when its time arrives, then delay is impossible. Therefore, what needs to be done is that before the coming of that Day, whatever best deeds you can do for yourselves, do them.