Hud • EN-TAFSIR-IBN-ABBAS
﴿ وَمَا نُؤَخِّرُهُۥٓ إِلَّا لِأَجَلٍۢ مَّعْدُودٍۢ ﴾
“and which We shall not delay beyond a term set [by Us].”
(And We defer it) i.e. that day (only as a term already reckoned) only to an appointed time.