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Tafsir of Surah Al-Hijr - Verse 5

Surah 15
Verse 5
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مَّا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا یَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ

No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter.

Scholarly Interpretations(1)

You are reading a tafsir for the group of verses 15:4 to 15:5

Every Township has its allotted Time

Allah is informing us that He never destroys a township until He has established evidences for it and its allotted time has ended. When the time for a nation's destruction has come, He never delays it, and He never moves its appointed time forward. This was a message and a warning to the people of Makkah, telling them to give up their Shirk, their stubbornness and disbelief for which they deserved to be destroyed.