مَّا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ
Maa tasbiqu min ummatin ajalahaa wa maa yastaakhiroon
Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it.
— Al-Hijr (ٱلْحِجْر), 15:5

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مَّا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ
Maa tasbiqu min ummatin ajalahaa wa maa yastaakhiroon
Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it.
— Al-Hijr (ٱلْحِجْر), 15:5
مَّا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَTransliteration: Maa tasbiqu min ummatin ajalahaa wa maa yastaakhiroon
Translation (Yusuf Ali): Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it.
This is verse 5 of Surah Al-Hijr (ٱلْحِجْر, meaning "The Rocky Tract"), the 15th surah of the Quran. It is a Meccan surah with 99 total verses.