قQuranulKareem

Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 34 (7:34)

ٱلْأَعْرَاف

وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ

Quran 7:34 is ayah 34 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 8, on page 154 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:34
وَلِكُلِّأُمَّةٍأَجَلٌ ۖفَإِذَاجَآءَأَجَلُهُمْلَايَسْتَأْخِرُونَسَاعَةً ۖوَلَايَسْتَقْدِمُونَ٣٤
walikulli ummatin ajalun fa-idhā jāa ajaluhum lā yastakhirūna sāʿatan walā yastaqdimūna

And for every nation is a [specified] term. So when their time has come, they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it].(34)

Word by word

  1. وَلِكُلِّwalikulliAnd for every
  2. أُمَّةٍummatinnation
  3. أَجَلٌ ۖajalun(is a fixed) term
  4. فَإِذَاfa-idhāSo when
  5. جَآءَjāacomes
  6. أَجَلُهُمْajaluhumtheir term
  7. لَاlā(they can) not
  8. يَسْتَأْخِرُونَyastakhirūnaseek to delay
  9. سَاعَةً ۖsāʿatanan hour
  10. وَلَاwalāand not
  11. يَسْتَقْدِمُونَyastaqdimūnaseek to advance (it)

Tafsir (commentary) of 7:34

Available in English, Bengali, Urdu, Arabic, Russian.

English · EnglishTafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) — Hafiz Ibn Kathir

This commentary explains ayahs 7:34–36 together.

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.

Read the full Surah Al-A'raf