Al-Hijr 15:5
The Rock · ayah 5 of 99
مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ
Ma tasbiqu min ommatin ajalahawama yasta/khiroon
"No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter."
Saheeh International translation
Recitation by Mishary Alafasy
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"no community can bring its time forward, nor delay it."
Pickthall (classic)+
"No nation can outstrip its term nor can they lag behind."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it."