وَلِكُلِّ And for every walikulli nation ummatin (is a fixed) term ajalun So when fa-idhā comes jāa their term ajaluhum (they can) not lā seek to delay yastakhirūna an hour sāʿatan and not walā seek to advance (it) yastaqdimūna
And for every nation is a [specified] term. So when their time has come, they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it].
يَـٰبَنِىٓ O Children yābanī (of) Adam ādama If immā come to you yatiyannakum Messengers rusulun from you minkum relating yaquṣṣūna to you ʿalaykum My Verses āyātī then whoever famani fears Allah ittaqā and reforms wa-aṣlaḥa then no falā fear khawfun on them ʿalayhim and not walā they hum will grieve yaḥzanūna
O children of Adam, if there come to you messengers from among you relating to you My verses [i.e., scriptures and laws], then whoever fears Allāh and reforms - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
وَٱلَّذِينَ But those who wa-alladhīna deny kadhabū Our Verses biāyātinā and (are) arrogant wa-is'takbarū towards them ʿanhā those ulāika (are the) companions aṣḥābu (of) the Fire l-nāri they hum in it fīhā will abide forever khālidūna
But the ones who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.