فَاطِر : ٤٥

  • وَلَوۡ And if
  • يُؤَاخِذُ Allah (were to) punish
  • ٱللَّهُ Allah (were to) punish
  • ٱلنَّاسَ the people
  • بِمَا for what
  • كَسَبُواْ they have earned
  • مَا not
  • تَرَكَ He would leave
  • عَلَىٰ on
  • ظَهۡرِهَا its back
  • مِن any
  • دَآبَّةٖ creature
  • وَلَٰكِن But
  • يُؤَخِّرُهُمۡ He gives them respite
  • إِلَىٰٓ till
  • أَجَلٖ a term
  • مُّسَمّٗىۖ appointed
  • فَإِذَا And when
  • جَآءَ comes
  • أَجَلُهُمۡ their term
  • فَإِنَّ then indeed
  • ٱللَّهَ Allah
  • كَانَ is
  • بِعِبَادِهِۦ of His slaves
  • بَصِيرَۢا All-Seer
And if Allāh were to impose blame on the people for what they have earned, He would not leave upon it [i.e., the earth] any creature. But He defers them for a specified term. And when their time comes, then indeed Allāh has ever been, of His servants, Seeing.
Were God to take mankind to task for what they have acquired, of acts of disobedience, He would not leave on its surface, that is, the earth's, a single creature, a single living thing moving thereon. But He reprieves them to an appointed term, namely, [to] the Day of Resurrection. And when their term comes - then truly [they will know that] God is ever Seer of His servants, and so He will requite them according to [the nature of] their deeds, rewarding the believers and punishing the disbelievers.