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Surah Hud, Verse 104

سورة هود، الآية ١٠٤

11:104 Juz 12 Hizb 24 Page 233 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 11:104

وَمَا نُؤَخِّرُهُۥٓ إِلَّا لِأَجَلٍ مَّعْدُودٍ ۝١٠٤

Transliteration

wamā nu-akhiruhu illā li-ajalin maʿdūdin

Translation

And We do not delay it except for a limited term.

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Verse 104 of Surah Hud (11:104), a Meccan surah, is in juz 12, on page 233 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 104

Al-Mukhtasar

I only postpone that witnessed day for a time that is known.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Hud

Other translations of verse 104

We only delay it until a fixed term.

And We delay it only for a term (already) fixed.

And We defer it only to a term already reckoned.

Nor shall We delay it but for a term appointed.

And We do not delay it but to an appointed term.

And in no way do We defer it except to a term (already) fixed (Literally: numbered)

Verse 104 word by word

  1. وَمَا wamā And not
  2. نُؤَخِّرُهُۥٓ nu-akhiruhu We delay it أ خ ر
  3. إِلَّا illā except
  4. لِأَجَلٍ li-ajalin for a term أ ج ل
  5. مَّعْدُودٍ maʿdūdin limited ع د د

Verses related to verse 104

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • An-Naba 78:38

    يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا

    The Day that the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] and the angels will stand in rows, they will not speak except for one whom the Most Merciful permits, and he will say what is correct.

  • Taha 20:108

    يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلدَّاعِىَ لَا عِوَجَ لَهُۥ وَخَشَعَتِ ٱلْأَصْوَاتُ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ فَلَا تَسْمَعُ إِلَّا هَمْسًا

    That Day, they [i.e., everyone] will follow [the call of] the Caller [with] no deviation therefrom, and [all] voices will be stilled before the Most Merciful, so you will not hear except a whisper [of footsteps].

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