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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [23:43] | Ma tasbiqu min ommatin ajalahawama yasta/khiroona |  ما تسبق من أمة أجلها وما يستأخرونمَا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | کوئی بھی امت اپنے وقت مقرر سے نہ آگے بڑھ سکتی ہے اور نہ وہ لوگ پیچھے ہٹ سکتے ہیں | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | No people can hasten their term, nor can they delay (it).
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| Ahmed Ali | کوئی جماعت نہ اپنے وقت سے آگے بڑھ سکتی ہے نہ پیچھے ہٹ سکتی ہے | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | کوئی امت اپنی میعاد سے نہ پہلے جائے نہ پیچھے رہے | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | نہیں آگے بڑھ سکتی کوئی قدم اپنے وقتِ مقّرر سے اور نہ پیچھے رہ سکتی ہے۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | کوئی جماعت اپنے وقت سے نہ آگے جاسکتی ہے نہ پیچھے رہ سکتی ہے | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | نہ آگے جائے کوئی قوم اپنے وعدہ سے اور نہ پیچھے رہے | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | کوئی قوم نہ اپنے وقت سے پہلے ختم ہوئی اور نہ اس کے بعد ٹھیر سکی | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | None from a nation precedes its term/time and they do not delay/lag behind.239 | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | No people can hasten their term, nor can they delay (it). | ||||||
| Pickthal | No nation can outstrip its term, nor yet postpone it. | ||||||
| Arberry | no nation outstrips its term, nor do they put it back. | ||||||
| Shakir | No people can hasten on their doom nor can they postpone (it). | ||||||
| Sarwar | Every nation has an appointed life span. | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | No nation will precede its time [of termination], nor will they remain [thereafter]. | ||||||
| Malik | - no people can hasten their term nor can they postpone it[43] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | No people can hasten on their doom, nor can they postpone (it). | ||||||
| Free Minds | No nation can hasten its appointed time, nor can it delay. | ||||||
| Qaribullah | no nation outstrips its term, nor do they put it back. | ||||||
| George Sale | No nation shall be punished before their determined time; neither shall they be respited after. | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | Neither too soon, nor too late, shall a people reach its appointed time- | ||||||
| Asad | [for,] no community can ever forestall [the end of] its term - and neither can they delay [its coming]. [See note on the identical phrase in 15:5.] | ||||||
| Khalifa** | No community can advance its predetermined fate, nor delay it. | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | No nation can anticipate their term, nor can they delay it. | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | No nation can advance its term, nor delay it. (The Laws of the rise and fall of nations are unchangeable (7:34), (13:38), (15:5)). | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
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| ** - Read with caution - These Translations, specially those which are marked here with **, are considered either incorrect, far-fetched, non-conforming or misleading. For all translations, care must be exercised for certain verses or an alternate translation should be considered. | |||||||
| Verse(s): 1 | Surah : 23 - Al-Muminun | Showing verse 43 of 118 in chapter 23 | |||||
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