Were Allah to take mankind to task for their wrongdoing, He would not leave any living being upon it. But He respites them until a specified time; so when their time comes they shall not defer it by a single hour nor shall they advance it.
و اگر خداوند مردم را به خاطر ظلمشان مؤاخذه مى‌كرد، جنبنده‌اى بر روى زمين باقى نمى‌گذاشت، و ليكن [كيفر] آنها را تا وقتى معين به تأخير مى‌اندازد، و چون اجلشان فرا رسيد نه ساعتى از آن تأخير كنند و نه پيش افتند