Al-Qur'an Surah Maryam Verse 84

Mufti Taqi Usmani

So make no hurry about them; We are but counting for them a count down.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

So do not be in haste against them, for indeed We are ˹closely˺ counting down their days.

Ruwwad Translation Center

So do not be in haste about them; We are surely counting down their days.

A. J. Arberry

So hasten thou not against them; We are only numbering for them a number.

Abdul Haleem

There is no need for you to be impatient concerning them: We are counting down their [allotted] time.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

So hasten thou not against them; We are only counting against them a counting. *Chapter: 19

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

So make no haste against them, for We but count out to them a (limited) number (of days).

Abul Ala Maududi

Therefore, do not hasten (in seeking a scourge against them). We are counting their days.

Ahmed Ali

So, do not be hasty with them. We are counting their number (of days).

Ahmed Raza Khan

So do not be impatient for them (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him); We are only completing their number.* (* The number of days left for them or their evil deeds.)

Ali Quli Qarai

So do not make haste against them; indeed We are counting for them, a counting [down].

Ali Ünal

So be in no haste against them (so that their days and their persecutions of you might end sooner), for We but number for them a certain (fixed) number (of days, the time allotted for their respite).

Amatul Rahman Omar

So do not be impatient with regard to (punishment against) them. We are counting their time out (and We are also keeping full account of their deeds).

English Literal

So do not hurry/hasten/rush on them, but We count for them counting.

Faridul Haque

So do not be impatient for them (O dear Prophet Mohammed - peace and blessings be upon him); We are only completing their number. * (* The number of days left for them or their evil deeds.)

Hamid S. Aziz

Do you not see that We have sent the devils against the disbelievers, to confound them with confusion.

Hilali & Khan

So make no haste against them; We only count out to them a (limited) number (of the days of the life of this world and delay their term so that they may increase in evil and sins).

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Seest thou not that We send the devils against the disbelievers, inciting them incitingly?

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Therefore be not in haste against them, We only number out to them a number (of days).

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

So make no haste against them (O Muhammad). We do but number unto them a sum (of days).

Muhammad Sarwar

(Muhammad), exercise patience; We have given them respite only for an appointed time.

Qaribullah & Darwish

Therefore, do not hasten (things) against them, for We count out to them a number,

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

So make no haste against them; We only count out to them a (limited) number.

Wahiduddin Khan

So take no hasty action against them; their days are numbered.

Talal Itani

So do not hurry against them. We are counting for them a countdown.

Tafsir jalalayn

So do not make haste against them, to demand [that they receive] chastisement. Indeed We are only counting for them, the days and the nights, or [their] every breath, carefully, until the time [arrives] for their chastisement.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

فَلَ تَعْجَلْ عَلَيْهِمْ

So make no haste against them; We only count out to them a (limited) number.

This means, "Do not be hasty with the punishment that is going to befall them, O Muhammad."

إِنَّمَا نَعُدُّ لَهُمْ عَدًّا



We only count out to them a number.

This means, "We are only delaying them for a fixed appointment whose time is numbered. They are destined for that and there is no escaping the torment of Allah and His exemplary punishment."

Allah says,

وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ اللَّهَ غَـفِلً عَمَّا يَعْمَلُ الظَّـلِمُونَ

And consider not that Allah is unaware of that which the wrongdoers do. (14;42)

And He says,

فَمَهِّلِ الْكَـفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْداً

So give a respite to the disbelievers; deal gently with them for a while. (86;17)

And Allah says,

إِنَّمَا نُمْلِى لَهُمْ لِيَزْدَادُواْ إِثْمَاً

We postpone the punishment only so that they may increase in sinfulness. (3;178)

نُمَتِّعُهُمْ قَلِيلً ثُمَّ نَضْطَرُّهُمْ إِلَى عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ

We let them enjoy for a little while, then in the end We shall oblige them to (enter) a great torment. (31;24)

قُلْ تَمَتَّعُواْ فَإِنَّ مَصِيرَكُمْ إِلَى النَّارِ

Say;"Enjoy! But certainly, your destination is the (Hell) Fire." (14;30)

As-Suddi said,
إِنَّمَا نَعُدُّ لَهُمْ عَدًّا
(We only count out to them a (limited) number),

means years, months, days and hours.