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An-Nahl 16:61

وَلَوۡ يُؤَاخِذُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّاسَ بِظُلۡمِهِم مَّا تَرَكَ عَلَيۡهَا مِن دَآبَّةٖ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَخِّرُهُمۡ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗىۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمۡ لَا يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ سَاعَةٗ وَلَا يَسۡتَقۡدِمُونَ

If Allah were to punish people ˹immediately˺ for their wrongdoing, He would not have left a single living being on earth. But He delays them for an appointed term. And when their time arrives, they cannot delay it for a moment, nor could they advance it.

Word by word

وَلَوۡ
walaw
And if
Vocabulary
يُؤَاخِذُ
yuākhidhu
Allah were to seize
Vocabulary
Root: اخذ
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah were to seize
Vocabulary
Root: اله
ٱلنَّاسَ
l-nāsa
the mankind
Vocabulary
Root: نوس
بِظُلۡمِهِم
biẓul'mihim
for their wrongdoing
Vocabulary
Root: ظلم
مَّا
mā
not
Vocabulary
تَرَكَ
taraka
He (would) have left
Vocabulary
Root: ترك
عَلَيۡهَا
ʿalayhā
upon it
Vocabulary
مِن
min
any
Vocabulary
دَآبَّةٖ
dābbatin
moving creature
Vocabulary
Root: دبب
وَلَٰكِن
walākin
but
Vocabulary
يُؤَخِّرُهُمۡ
yu-akhiruhum
He defers them
Vocabulary
Root: اخر
إِلَىٰٓ
ilā
for
Vocabulary
أَجَلٖ
ajalin
a term
Vocabulary
Root: اجل
مُّسَمّٗىۖ
musamman
appointed
Vocabulary
Root: سمو
فَإِذَا
fa-idhā
Then when
Vocabulary
جَآءَ
jāa
comes
Vocabulary
Root: جيا
أَجَلُهُمۡ
ajaluhum
their terms
Vocabulary
Root: اجل
لَا
lā
not
Vocabulary
يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ
yastakhirūna
they (will) remain behind
Vocabulary
Root: اخر
سَاعَةٗ
sāʿatan
an hour
Vocabulary
Root: سوع
وَلَا
walā
and not
Vocabulary
يَسۡتَقۡدِمُونَ
yastaqdimūna
they can advance (it)
Vocabulary
Root: قدم

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.