( ما تسبق من أمة أجلها ) " من " صلة ( وما يستأخرون ) أي : الموت لا يتقدم ولا يتأخر ، وقيل : العذاب المضروب .
A nation will not be destroyed before its appointed time, and its destruction will not be delayed when its time arrives. The wrongdoers should not have hope in Allah delaying their fate.