Tafsir for verse: 7:34
وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٞۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمۡ لَا يَسۡتَأۡخِرُونَ سَاعَةٗ وَلَا يَسۡتَقۡدِمُونَ ٣٤ ﴿34﴾
34For every people there is an appointed time. So, when their appointed time will come, they cannot be late for a moment, nor will they get ahead.
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Commentary
And for every nation is a term. A warning to the people of Mecca about the punishment that descends at a known time with Allah, just as it descended upon the nations. It has been recited: 'So when their term comes.' And it is said 'an hour' because it is the shortest time in use among people. The one in haste says to his companion: 'In an hour,' meaning the shortest and closest time.
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