وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ
Wama ahlakna min qaryatin illa walaha kitabun maAAloomun
Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand.
15. Hixhr · verses 4–8
سورة الحجرمَّا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ
Ma tasbiqu min ommatin ajalaha wama yastakhiroona
Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it.
وَقَالُواْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِي نُزِّلَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلذِّكۡرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجۡنُونٞ
Waqaloo ya ayyuha allathee nuzzila AAalayhi alththikru innaka lamajnoonun
They say: "O thou to whom the Message is being revealed! truly thou art mad (or possessed)!
لَّوۡمَا تَأۡتِينَا بِٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ
Law ma tateena bialmalaikati in kunta mina alssadiqeena
"Why bringest thou not angels to us if it be that thou hast the Truth?"
مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓاْ إِذٗا مُّنظَرِينَ
Ma nunazzilu almalaikata illa bialhaqqi wama kanoo ithan munthareena
We send not the angels down except for just cause: if they came (to the ungodly), behold! no respite would they have!
