English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
No people can go ahead of their appointed time, nor can they remain behind it.
English - Five Volume Translation
No people can go ahead of their appointed time, nor can they remain behind it.
Commentary:
The verse purports to say that no people can thwart their decreed destiny. Rejection of Divine Prophets never goes unpunished but it is for God to determine the form and the time of the punishment to be meted out to disbelievers.
English - Short Commentary Translation
No people can go ahead of their appointed time, nor can they remain behind it.
No people can thwart their decreed destiny, and the rejection of Divine Prophets never goes unpunished, but it is for God to determine the form and the time of the punishment to be meted out to disbelievers.
اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ
کوئی امت اپنی مقررہ میعاد سے نہ آگے بڑھ سکتی ہے اور نہ پیچھے ہٹ سکتی ہے۔
French
Aucun peuple ne peut dépasser son terme fixé, et ils ne peuvent non plus rester en arrière. »
German
Kein Volk kann seine festgesetzte Zeit beschleunigen, noch kann es (sie) verzögern.
Chinese
没有一个民族可以超过其 (灭亡的) 限期, 也不能停留在其限期的后边。
Italian
Nessun popolo può anticipare il suo termine stabilito, né può rimanere indietro.
Spanish
Ningún pueblo puede adelantarse a su tiempo fijado, ni permanecer tras él.
اردو تفسیرِ صغیر
کوئی قوم اپنی مدت سے آگے نہیں گذرتی اور نہ ہی اس سے پیچھے رہ (کر بچ) سکتی ہے۔
اردو ترجمہ مودودی
کوئی قوم نہ اپنے وقت سے پہلے ختم ہوئی اور نہ اس کے بعد ٹھیر سکی
English - Sahih
No nation will precede its time [of termination], nor will they remain [thereafter].
اردو ترجمہ احمد علی
کوئی جماعت نہ اپنے وقت سے آگے بڑھ سکتی ہے نہ پیچھے ہٹ سکتی ہے
English - Talal Itani
Not can precede any nation its term, and not they (can) delay (it).
English - Arberry
no nation outstrips its term, nor do they put it back.
English - Maududi
No nation can outstrip its term, nor can it put it back.
English - Ahmed Ali
No nation can live beyond its allotted time, or lag behind.
English - Yusuf Ali
No people can hasten their term, nor can they delay (it).
English - Five Volume Commentary *
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Commentary:
The verse purports to say that no people can thwart their decreed destiny. Rejection of Divine Prophets never goes unpunished but it is for God to determine the form and the time of the punishment to be meted out to disbelievers.
English - Short Commentary Notes *
1998
No people can thwart their decreed destiny, and the rejection of Divine Prophets never goes unpunished, but it is for God to determine the form and the time of the punishment to be meted out to disbelievers.
English - Pickthall
No nation can outstrip its term, nor yet postpone it.
English - Muhammad Ali ra
No people can hasten on their doom, nor can they postpone (it).
English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ra
No people can go ahead of their appointed time, nor can they linger behind.