The Bee
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[16:61]
Now if God were to take men [immediately] to task for all the evil that they do [on earth], He would not leave a single living creature upon its face. However, He grants them respite until a term set [by Him]: but when the end of their term approaches, they can neither delay it by a single moment, nor can they hasten it.

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* v.61 : Or: “known [only to Him]” – i.e., the period of their lives on earth, during which they may reflect and repent.
* For my rendering of sā‘ah as “a single moment,” see sūrah 7, note 26.