61 Preface وَلَو يُؤاخِذُ اللَّهُ النّاسَ بِظُلمِهِم ما تَرَكَ عَلَيها مِن دابَّةٍ وَلٰكِن يُؤَخِّرُهُم إِلىٰ أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى ۖ فَإِذا جاءَ أَجَلُهُم لا يَستَأخِرونَ ساعَةً ۖ وَلا يَستَقدِمونَAli Quli QaraiWere Allah to take mankind to task for their wrongdoing, He would not leave any living being upon it.1 But He respites them until a specified time; so when their time comes they shall not defer it by a single hour nor shall they advance it. That is, on the surface of the earth.