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The Rocky Tract
15. Al-Ḥijr
الحجر

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15:5

مَّا

تَسْبِقُ

مِنْ

أُمَّةٍ

أَجَلَهَا

وَمَا

يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ

mā tasbiqu min ʾummatin ʾajalahā wa-mā yastaʾkhirūna

Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it.

— Abdullah Yusufali

No nation can advance its time nor can it defer it.

— Ali Quli Qarai