وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ ۖ فَإِذَا
جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ
سَاعَةً ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ
يَـٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ إِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ
رُسُلٌ مِّنكُمْ يَقُصُّونَ
عَلَيْكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِى ۙ فَمَنِ
ٱتَّقَىٰ وَأَصْلَحَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ
عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ عَنْهَآ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ هُمْ
فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ
And every Ummah has
its appointed term;
when their term comes,
neither can they delay
it nor can they advance
it an hour (or a moment).
O Children of Adam!
If there come to you
Messengers from among
you, reciting to you
My Ayat, then whosoever
has Taqwa and becomes
righteous, on them
shall be no fear nor
shall they grieve. But
those who reject Our
Ayat and treat them with
arrogance, they are the
dwellers of the Fire,
they will abide therein forever.
Allah said,
وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ
And every Ummah has
meaning, each generation and nation,
أَجَلٌ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ
its appointed term; when their term comes
which they were destined for,
لاَ يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً
وَلاَ يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ
neither can they delay it nor can they advance it an hour (or a moment)
Allah then warned the Children of Adam that He sent to them Messengers who conveyed to them His Ayat. Allah also conveyed good news, as well as warning,
فَمَنِ اتَّقَى وَأَصْلَحَ
then whosoever has Taqwa and becomes righteous
by abandoning the prohibitions and performing acts of obedience,
فَلاَ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ
وَلاَ هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَوَالَّذِينَ
كَذَّبُواْ بِـَايَـتِنَا
وَاسْتَكْبَرُواْ عَنْهَآ
on them shall be no fear nor shall they grieve. But those who reject Our Ayat and treat them with arrogance
meaning, their hearts denied the Ayat and they were too arrogant to abide by them,
أُولَـئِكَ أَصْحَـبُ النَّارِ
هُمْ فِيهَا خَـلِدُونَ
they are the dwellers of the Fire, they will abide therein forever
without end to their dwelling in it.