The Repentance - 9:24
"Say: "If your parents, your children, your brothers and sisters, your wives, your families, the money you earn, the business you fear may go bad, and the houses you enjoy are dearer to you than Allah and His Messenger and striving in His Way, then wait until Allah brings His Command."Allah does not guide the people who have gone astray."
What is the intention?
Prophet Jonah/10:49
"Say: "Except Allah wills, I have no power to harm or benefit even myself. Every community has a term. When their term is over, they will neither be delayed for an hour nor brought forward."
Prophet Hud/11:110
We gave Moses the Book, but they differed in it. Had it not been for a promise of your Lord, they would have been judged between them. They are in doubt about it, they are undecided.
The Rocky Tract/15:5
No people will exceed or fall behind its appointed term.
The Bee/16:61
Had Allah punished mankind for their wrongdoing, He would not have left a creature therein, but He postpones them until a certain term. And when their term comes to an end, they will not be brought forward for an hour, nor will they be postponed.
The Cave/18:58
Your Lord is Forgiving, the Owner of Mercy. If He had reckoned them immediately for what they did, He would have hastened the torment for them. But He gives them a definite term, beyond which they cannot escape.
The Cave/18:59
These are the people whom We destroyed because they were unjust. We appointed a definite term for the destruction of all of them.
Ta-Ha/20:129
Had it not been for a Promise of your Lord and a pre-determined plan, they would have been dealt with at once.
The Believers/23:52
This community of yours is one community. Count me, I am your Lord.
The Believers/23:53
But they divided their affairs into various books. Each group is content with what is with it.
The Believers/23:54
Leave them in their confusion until a certain period.
The Believers/23:55
Do they think that with the wealth and children We have bestowed upon them,
The Believers/23:56
We run for their good? No, they do not realize it.
The Spider/29:53
They challenge you to bring the torment! It would have come to them but for a time which We had appointed. It will come to them suddenly, without their knowledge.
Originator/35:45
Had Allah punished mankind for what they used to do, He would have left no creature on the earth. But He postpones them until a certain term. When their term is over, then Allah will take account of His servants.