Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
(If Allah were to take mankind to task for their wrong-doing) their idolatry, (he would not leave hereon) on the face of the earth (a living creature) a jinn or human being, (but He reprieveth them to an appointed term) He reprieves them to the time of their destruction, (and when their term cometh) when the time of their destruction comes (they cannot put (it) off an hour nor (yet) advance (it)) nor can they be destroyed before their appointed term.
Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas, trans. Mokrane Guezzou
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