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Surah 7 al-Aʿrāf (The Heights) 
| Ref | Arabic | Transliteration | Translation |
(7:34)    | وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ | wa‑li‑kulli ummatin ajalun fa‑idhā jāa ajaluhum lā yastaʾkhirūna sāʿatan wa‑lā yastaqdimūna | To every people is a term appointed: when their term is
reached, not an hour can they cause delay, nor (an hour) can they advance
(it in anticipation).
Sura al-Aʿrāf 7:34 وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ wa-li-kulli ummatin ajalun fa-idhā jāa ajaluhum lā yastaʾkhirūna sāʿatan wa-lā yastaqdimūna To every people is a term appointed: when their term is reached, not an hour can they cause delay, nor (an hour) can they advance (it in anticipation). |
Surah 10 Yūnus (Jonah) | (10:49) | قُل لَّآ أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِى ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّـهُ لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ إِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ فَلَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ | qul lā amliku li‑nafsī ḍarran wa‑lā nafʿan illā mā shāʾa allāhu li‑kulli ummatin ajalun idhā jāa ajaluhum fa‑lā yastaʾkhirūna sāʿatan wa‑lā yastaqdimūna | Say: "I have no power over any harm or profit to myself except
as Allah willeth. To every people is a term appointed: when their term is
reached, not an hour can they cause delay, nor (an hour) can they advance
(it in anticipation)."
Sura Yūnus 10:49 قُل لَّآ أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِى ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّـهُ لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ إِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ فَلَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ qul lā amliku li-nafsī ḍarran wa-lā nafʿan illā mā shāʾa allāhu li-kulli ummatin ajalun idhā jāa ajaluhum fa-lā yastaʾkhirūna sāʿatan wa-lā yastaqdimūna Say: "I have no power over any harm or profit to myself except as Allah willeth. To every people is a term appointed: when their term is reached, not an hour can they cause delay, nor (an hour) can they advance (it in anticipation)." |
Surah 15 al-Ḥijr (The Rocky Tract) | (15:5) | مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ | mā tasbiqu min ummatin ajalahā wa‑mā yastaʾkhirūna | Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it.
Sura al-Ḥijr 15:5 مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ mā tasbiqu min ummatin ajalahā wa-mā yastaʾkhirūna Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it. |
Surah 16 al-Naḥl (The Bee) | (16:61) | وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ ٱللَّـهُ ٱلنَّاسَ بِظُلْمِهِم مَّا تَرَكَ عَلَيْهَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ | wa‑law yuākhidhu allāhu l‑nāsa biẓulmihim mā taraka ʿalayhā min dābbatin wa‑lākin yuʾakhkhiruhum ila ajalin musamman fa‑idhā jāa ajaluhum lā yastaʾkhirūna sāʿatan wa‑lā yastaqdimūna | If Allah were to punish men for their wrong-doing, He would not
leave, on the (earth), a single living creature: but He gives them respite
for a stated Term: When their Term expires, they would not be able to delay
(the punishment) for a single hour, just as they would not be able to
anticipate it (for a single hour).
Sura al-Naḥl 16:61 وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ ٱللَّـهُ ٱلنَّاسَ بِظُلْمِهِم مَّا تَرَكَ عَلَيْهَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ wa-law yuākhidhu allāhu l-nāsa biẓulmihim mā taraka ʿalayhā min dābbatin wa-lākin yuʾakhkhiruhum ila ajalin musamman fa-idhā jāa ajaluhum lā yastaʾkhirūna sāʿatan wa-lā yastaqdimūna If Allah were to punish men for their wrong-doing, He would not leave, on the (earth), a single living creature: but He gives them respite for a stated Term: When their Term expires, they would not be able to delay (the punishment) for a single hour, just as they would not be able to anticipate it (for a single hour). |
Surah 23 al-Muʾminūn (The Believers) | (23:43) | مَا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ | mā tasbiqu min ummatin ajalahā wa‑mā yastaʾkhirūna | No people can hasten their term, nor can they delay (it).
Sura al-Muʾminūn 23:43 مَا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ mā tasbiqu min ummatin ajalahā wa-mā yastaʾkhirūna No people can hasten their term, nor can they delay (it). |
Surah 34 Sabaʾ (Sheba) | (34:30) | قُل لَّكُم مِّيعَادُ يَوْمٍ لَّا تَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ عَنْهُ سَاعَةً وَلَا تَسْتَقْدِمُونَ | qul llakum mīʿādu yawmin lā tastaʾkhirūna ʿanhu sāʿatan wa‑lā tastaqdimūna | Say: "The appointment to you is for a Day, which ye cannot put
back for an hour nor put forward."
Sura Sabaʾ 34:30 قُل لَّكُم مِّيعَادُ يَوْمٍ لَّا تَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ عَنْهُ سَاعَةً وَلَا تَسْتَقْدِمُونَ qul llakum mīʿādu yawmin lā tastaʾkhirūna ʿanhu sāʿatan wa-lā tastaqdimūna Say: "The appointment to you is for a Day, which ye cannot put back for an hour nor put forward." |