Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Qalam Verse 45

Mufti Taqi Usmani

And I give them respite. Indeed, My plan is firm.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

I ˹only˺ delay their end for a while, but My planning is flawless.

Ruwwad Translation Center

I will give them respite, but My plan is firm.

A. J. Arberry

and I shall respite them -- assuredly My guile is sure.

Abdul Haleem

I will allow them more time, for My plan is powerful.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And I bear with them; verily My contrivance is sure.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

A (long) respite will I grant them; truly powerful is My Plan.

Abul Ala Maududi

I am giving them a respite. Great is My scheme!

Ahmed Ali

Yet I will give them respite: Surely My plan is compact.

Ahmed Raza Khan

And I will give them respite; indeed My plan is very solid.

Ali Quli Qarai

I will grant them respite, for My devising is indeed sure.

Ali Ünal

But I grant respite to them (so that they may mend their ways). My scheme (all that is willed for them) is firm and unfailing.

Amatul Rahman Omar

Yet I shall give them respite (to mend their ways). Verily, My plan is invincible and firm.

English Literal

And I extend for them in time/life , that truly My plotting/conspiring (is) solid/strong .

Faridul Haque

And I will give them respite; indeed My plan is very solid.

Hamid S. Aziz

Yet I do bear with them, for lo! My plan is firm.

Hilali & Khan

And I will grant them a respite. Verily, My Plan is strong.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Or is the unseen with them so that they write (it) down?

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And I do bear with them, surely My plan is firm.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Yet I bear with them, for lo! My scheme is firm.

Muhammad Sarwar

I shall give them respite, however, My plan is so strong that they will never be able to escape from it.

Qaribullah & Darwish

I shall respite them, My stratagem is firm.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And I will grant them a respite. Verily, My plan is strong.

Wahiduddin Khan

I shall grant them some respite, for My plan is powerful.

Talal Itani

And I will give them respite. My plan is firm.

Tafsir jalalayn

And I will grant them respite; [for] assuredly My devising is firm, [My devising is] severe and cannot be withstood.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

And I will grant them a respite. Verily, My plan is strong.

meaning, `I will delay them, give them respite and extend their time. Yet, this is My plan, and My plot against them.' Thus, Allah says,
إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ
(Verily, My plan is strong).

meaning, `great against whoever opposes My command, rejects My Messengers and dares to disobey Me.'

In the Two Sahihs it is recorded from the Messenger of Allah that he said,

إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالى لَيُمْلِي لِلظَّالِمِ حَتْى إِذَا أَخَذَهُ لَمْ يُفْلِتْه

Verily Allah the Exalted gives respite to the wrongdoer until He seizes him and he will not be able to escape Him. Then he recited,

وَكَذلِكَ أَخْذُ رَبِّكَ إِذَا أَخَذَ الْقُرَى وَهِىَ ظَـلِمَةٌ إِنَّ أَخْذَهُ أَلِيمٌ شَدِيدٌ

Such is the punishment of your Lord when He seizes the towns while they are doing wrong. Verily, His punishment is painful (and) severe. (11;102)

In reference to Allah's statement,

أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ