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time. When their specified time arrives, they can- There is no restriction on the Prophet regarding
not delay it for a single hour nor can they bring it anything Allah allots to him. This was Allah’s pat-
forward. (16:61) tern with those who passed away before–and
There is no city We will not destroy before the Allah’s command is a pre-ordained decree.
Day of Rising, or punish with a terrible punish- (33:38)
ment. That is inscribed in the Book. (17:58) Those who disbelieve say, ‘The Hour will never
(Allah said,) ‘When your sister went and said, come.’ Say: ‘Yes, by my Lord, it certainly will
"Shall I direct you to someone who will take care come!’ He is the Knower of the Unseen, Whom
of him?" that was how We returned you to your not even the weight of the smallest particle
mother so that she might delight her eyes and not eludes, either in the heavens or in the earth; nor
be grieved. You killed a man and We rescued is there anything smaller or larger than that
you from trouble and tested you with many trials. which is not in a Clear Book. (34:3)
You stayed some years among the people of Say: ‘You have a promised appointment on a
Madyan. Then you arrived at the pre-ordained Day which you cannot delay or advance a single
time, Musa!’ (20:40) hour.’ (34:30)
And were it not for a prior word from your Lord, Allah created you from dust and then from a drop
and a specified term, it would inevitably have al- of sperm and then made you into pairs. No fe-
ready taken place. (20:129) male becomes pregnant or gives birth except
No nation can advance its appointed time nor with His knowledge. And no living thing lives
can they delay it. (23:43) long or has its life cut short without that being in
Do you not see that Allah propels the clouds then a Book. That is easy for Allah. (35:11)
makes them coalesce then heaps them up, and If Allah were to take mankind to task for what
then you see the rain come pouring out of the they have earned, He would not leave a single
middle of them? And He sends down mountains creature crawling on it, but He is deferring them
from the sky with hail inside them, striking with it until a specified time. Then, when their time
anyone He wills and averting it from anyone He comes, Allah sees His servants! (35:45)
wills. The brightness of His lightning almost We gave Musa the Book but there was disagree-
blinds the sight. (24:43) ment about it. And had it not been for a prior
Certainly your Lord knows what their hearts keep Word from your Lord, the judgement between
hidden and what they divulge. (27:74) them would already have been made. They are
Certainly there is no hidden thing in either indeed in grave doubt about it. (41:45)
heaven or earth which is not in a Clear Book. Knowledge of the Hour is referred to Him. And
(27:75) no fruit emerges from its husk, nor does any fe-
They ask you to hasten the punishment. If it were male get pregnant or give birth, without His
not for a stipulated term, the punishment would knowledge. On the Day He calls out to them:
have come to them already. It will come upon ‘Where are My associates?’ they will say, ‘We de-
them suddenly when they are not expecting it. clare to you that none of us is a witness.’ (41:47)
(29:53) They only split up after knowledge came to
Truly Allah has knowledge of the Hour and sends them, tyrannising one another. And were it not
down abundant rain and knows what is in the for a prior decree from your Lord for a specified
womb. And no self knows what it will earn to- term, the judgement between them would al-
morrow and no self knows in what land it will ready have been made. Those who inherited the
die. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware. (31:34) Book after them are indeed in grave doubt about
He directs the whole affair from heaven to earth. it. (42:14)
Then it will again ascend to Him on a Day whose Know then that there is no god except Allah and
length is a thousand years by the way you meas- ask forgiveness for your wrongdoing, and for the
ure. (32:5) men and women who believe. Allah knows both
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