16: Surah An-Nahl - Part 20
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وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
يُؤَاخِذُ
yuākhidhu
Allah were to seize
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah were to seize
ٱلنَّاسَ
l-nāsa
the mankind
بِظُلْمِهِم
biẓul'mihim
for their wrongdoing
مَّا
not
تَرَكَ
taraka
He (would) have left
عَلَيْهَا
ʿalayhā
upon it
مِن
min
any
دَآبَّةٍۢ
dābbatin
moving creature
وَلَـٰكِن
walākin
but
يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ
yu-akhiruhum
He defers them
إِلَىٰٓ
ilā
for
أَجَلٍۢ
ajalin
a term
مُّسَمًّۭى ۖ
musamman
appointed
فَإِذَا
fa-idhā
Then when
جَآءَ
jāa
comes
أَجَلُهُمْ
ajaluhum
their terms
لَا
not
يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ
yastakhirūna
they (will) remain behind
سَاعَةًۭ ۖ
sāʿatan
an hour
وَلَا
walā
and not
يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ
yastaqdimūna
they can advance (it)
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وَيَجْعَلُونَ
wayajʿalūna
And they assign
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
to Allah
مَا
what
يَكْرَهُونَ
yakrahūna
they dislike
وَتَصِفُ
wataṣifu
and assert
أَلْسِنَتُهُمُ
alsinatuhumu
their tongues
ٱلْكَذِبَ
l-kadhiba
the lie
أَنَّ
anna
that
لَهُمُ
lahumu
for them
ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۖ
l-ḥus'nā
(is) the best
لَا
No
جَرَمَ
jarama
doubt
أَنَّ
anna
that
لَهُمُ
lahumu
for them
ٱلنَّارَ
l-nāra
(is) the Fire
وَأَنَّهُم
wa-annahum
and that they
مُّفْرَطُونَ
muf'raṭūna
(will) be abandoned
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