Divine Timing

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].

And they say, "When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?"

Say, "I possess not for myself any harm or benefit except what Allah should will. For every nation is a [specified] term. When their time has come, then they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it]."

Say, "Have you considered: if His punishment should come to you by night or by day - for which [aspect] of it would the criminals be impatient?"

Then is it that when it has [actually] occurred you will believe in it? Now? And you were [once] for it impatient

And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.

No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter.

And We conveyed to him [the decree] of that matter: that those [sinners] would be eliminated by early morning.

The command of Allah is coming, so be not impatient for it. Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him.

[And We favored you] when your sister went and said, 'Shall I direct you to someone who will be responsible for him?' So We restored you to your mother that she might be content and not grieve. And you killed someone, but We saved you from retaliation and tried you with a [severe] trial. And you remained [some] years among the people of Madyan. Then you came [here] at the decreed time, O Moses.

Man was created of haste. I will show you My signs, so do not impatiently urge Me.

And they urge you to hasten the punishment. But Allah will never fail in His promise. And indeed, a day with your Lord is like a thousand years of those which you count.

Say, "Perhaps it is close behind you - some of that for which you are impatient.

Within three to nine years. To Allah belongs the command before and after. And that day the believers will rejoice

Among the believers are men true to what they promised Allah. Among them is he who has fulfilled his vow [to the death], and among them is he who awaits [his chance]. And they did not alter [the terms of their commitment] by any alteration -

So, [O Muhammad], leave them for a time.

So be patient, [O Muhammad], as were those of determination among the messengers and do not be impatient for them. It will be - on the Day they see that which they are promised - as though they had not remained [in the world] except an hour of a day. [This is] notification. And will [any] be destroyed except the defiantly disobedient people?

And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement.

Say, "I do not know if what you are promised is near or if my Lord will grant for it a [long] period."

And when the messengers' time has come...