Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

49 Say, ‘I have no control over any benefit for myself
nor [over] any harm
except what Allah may wish.
There is a time for every nation:
when their time comes,
they shall not defer it by a single hour
nor shall they advance it.’
50 Say, ‘Tell me, should His punishment overtake you
by night or day, [you will not be able to avert it];
so what part of it do the guilty seek to hasten?’
51 ‘What! Do you believe it when it has befallen?
Now?
While you would seek to hasten it [earlier]?!’
52 Then it will be said to those who were wrongdoers,
‘Taste the everlasting punishment.
Shall you be requited
except for what you used to earn?’
53 They inquire of you, ‘Is it true?’
Say, ‘Yes! By my Lord, it is true,
and you cannot thwart [Him].’
54 Were any soul that has done wrong to possess
whatever there is on the earth,
it would surely offer it for ransom.
They will hide their remorse
when they sight the punishment;
and judgement will be made between them
with justice
and they will not be wronged.
55 Look! To Allah indeed belongs
whatever is in the heavens and the earth.