يَغْفِرْ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍۢ مُّسَمًّى ۚ إِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا جَآءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُ ۖ لَوْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
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سُورَةُ نُوحٍ
English — Sahih International
Allah will forgive you of your sins and delay you for a specified term. Indeed, the time [set by] Allah, when it comes, will not be delayed, if you only knew.' "
اردو — مودودی
اللہ تمہارے گناہوں سے درگزر فرمائے گا اور تمہیں ایک وقت مقرر تک باقی رکھے گا حقیقت یہ ہے کہ اللہ کا مقرر کیا ہوا وقت جب آ جاتا ہے تو پھر ٹالا نہیں جاتا کاش تمہیں اِس کا علم ہو"
Bahasa Indonesia — Kemenag
niscaya Allah akan mengampuni sebagian dosa-dosamu dan menangguhkan kamu sampai kepada waktu yang ditentukan. Sesungguhnya ketetapan Allah apabila telah datang tidak dapat ditangguhkan, kalau kamu mengetahui".
Ibn Kathir
Which was revealed in Makkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
(In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Nuh's Invitation to His People
Allah says concerning Nuh that He sent him to his people commanding him to warn them of the punishment of Allah before it befell them. He was to tell them that if they would repent and turn to Allah, then the punishment would be lifted from them. Due to this Allah says,
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحاً إِلَى قَوْمِهِ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ - قَالَ يقَوْمِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
("Warn your people before there comes to them a painful torment." He said: "O my people! Verily, I am a plain warner to you.") meaning, clarity of the warning, making the matter apparent and clear.
أَنِ اعْبُدُواْ اللَّهَ وَاتَّقُوهُ
(That you should worship Allah, and have Taqwa of Him,) meaning, `abandon those things that He has forbidden and avoid that which He has declared to be sinful.'
وَأَطِيعُونِ
(and obey me,) `In that which I command you to do and that which I forbid you from.'
يَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ
(He will forgive you of your sins) meaning, `if you do what I command you to do and you believe in what I have been sent with to you, then Allah will forgive you for your sins. '
وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى
(and respite you to an appointed term.) meaning, `He will extend your life span and protect you from the torment that He would have made befall you if you did not stay away from His prohibitions.' This Ayah is used as proof by those who say that obedience (to Allah), righteousness and maintaining the family ties truly increase the life span of a person. This is like that which has been reported in the Hadith,
«صِلَةُ الرَّحِمِ تَزِيدُ فِي الْعُمُر»
(Maintaining the family ties increases the life span.) Concerning Allah's statement,
إِنَّ أَجَلَ اللَّهِ إِذَا جَآءَ لاَ يُؤَخَّرُ لَوْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
(Verily, the term of Allah when it comes, cannot be delayed, if you but know.) means, hasten to the obedience (of Allah) before the coming of His vengeance. For verily, if He commands that to happen, it cannot be repulsed or prevented. For He is the Great One Who compels everything, and He is the Almighty Whose might all of creation succumbs to.
المُيَسَّر
إنا بعثنا نوحا إلى قومه، وقلنا له: حذِّر قومك من قبل أن يأتيهم عذاب موجع. قال نوح: يا قومي إني نذير لكم بيِّن الإنذار من عذاب الله إن عصيتموه، وإني رسول الله إليكم فاعبدوه وحده، وخافوا عقابه، وأطيعوني فيما آمركم به، وأنهاكم عنه، فإن أطعتموني واستجبتم لي يصفح الله عن ذنوبكم ويغفر لكم، ويُمدد في أعماركم إلى وقت مقدر في علم الله تعالى، إن الموت إذا جاء لا يؤخر أبدًا، لو كنتم تعلمون ذلك لسارعتم إلى الإيمان والطاعة.