Tafsir for verse: 15:5
مَّا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ ٥ ﴿5﴾
5No people can precede their appointed time, nor can they exceed it.
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Commentary
Then he clarified the previous verse by saying: "What precedes"; and he emphasized the comprehensiveness by saying: "from a nation"; and he clarified that what is meant by the book is the appointed time by saying: "its appointed time"; meaning: that which We have decreed for it; "and they do not delay"; meaning: from it anything of the things; and he did not say: "they delay"; adhering to the wording; like the past; so that they do not misinterpret it to his address - blessings and peace be upon him - out of stubbornness.
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