Al-Mu'minun 23:43

<h2>Mention of Other Nations Allah says:</h2><div class="arabic uthmani">ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَا مِن بَعْدِهِمْ قُرُوناً ءَاخَرِينَ </div><p>(Then, after them, We created other generations.) meaning, nations and peoples.</p><div class="arabic uthmani">مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْخِرُونَ </div><p>(No nation can advance their term, nor can they delay it.) means, they are taken at the appropriate time, as decreed by Allah in His Book that is preserved with Him, before they were created, nation after nation, century after century, generation after generation, successors after predecessors.</p><div class="arabic uthmani">ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا تَتْرَى</div><p>(Then We sent Our Messengers in succession.) Ibn `Abbas said, "(This means) following one another in succession." This is like the Ayah:</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولاً أَنِ اعْبُدُواْ اللَّهَ وَاجْتَنِبُواْ الْطَّـغُوتَ فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ هَدَى اللَّهُ وَمِنْهُمْ مَّنْ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الضَّلَـلَةُ</div><p>(And verily, We have sent among every Ummah a Messenger (proclaiming): "Worship Allah, and avoid Taghut (all false deities)." Then of them were some whom Allah guided and of them were some upon whom the straying was justified) 16:36.</p><div class="arabic uthmani">كُلَّ مَا جَآءَ أُمَّةً رَّسُولُهَا كَذَّبُوهُ</div><p>(Every time there came to a nation their Messenger, they denied him;) meaning the greater majority of them. This is like the Ayah:</p><div class="arabic uthmani">يحَسْرَةً عَلَى الْعِبَادِ مَا يَأْتِيهِمْ مِّن …

No nation can outstrip its term, nor yet postpone it.

No people can hasten their term, nor can they delay (it).

No nation can anticipate their term, nor can they delay it.

No nation can advance its time, nor can they postpone it.