Were Allah to take people to task for their wrong-doing, He would not have spared even a single living creature on the face of the earth. But He grants them respite until an appointed term. And when that term arrives, they have no power to delay it by a single moment, nor to hasten it.
اگر خداوند بخواهد كه مردم را به گناهشان هلاك كند، بر روى زمين هيچ جنبنده‌اى باقى نگذارد، ولى عذابشان را تا مدتى معين به تأخير مى‌افكند. و چون اجلشان فرارسد، يك ساعت پس و پيش نشوند.