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Surah An-Nahl Verse 61

Quran 16:61 · The Bee · Meccan · Juz 14

16:61

Arabic

وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ اللّٰهُ النَّاسَ بِظُلْمِهِمْ مَّا تَرَكَ عَلَيْهَا مِنْ دَاۤبَّةٍ وَّلٰكِنْ يُّؤَخِّرُهُمْ اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّىۚ فَاِذَا جَاۤءَ اَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُوْنَ سَاعَةً وَّلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُوْنَ ۝٦١

Transliteration

Wa lau yu'ākhiżullāhun-nāsa biẓulmihim mā taroka ‘alaihā min dābbatiw wa lākiy yu'akhkhiruhum ilā ajalim musammā, fa iżā jā-a ajaluhum lā yasta'khirūna sā‘ataw wa lā yastaqdimūn

Meaning

If Allah were to hold mankind for their injustices, He would not leave upon it a single creature, but He postpones them until an appointed time. Then, when their time arrives, they will not delay it by one hour, nor will they advance it.

Surah An-Nahl verse 61 (Quran 16:61) is verse 61 of the 128 verses of Surah An-Nahl (The Bee), a Meccan surah that is number 16 in the Quran, and it is part of juz 14.

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Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).