What is the reconciliation between the verse: ((When their term comes, they neither delay an hour nor advance))

The second question: The reconciliation between the verse: then .
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The Shaykh: The first fa is superfluous.
, the reconciliation between this verse and the hadiths that speak of increasing lifespan; for example: or other hadiths that speak of increasing lifespan?
The answer is on two points:
The first point: It is mentioned in some tafsirs that the verse speaks about nations, meaning: the nations that disobeyed their Lord and disbelieved in their Prophet; the term of their extermination and their destruction , and at that time, this verse does not contradict the hadiths that explain that lifespan can be lengthened by righteous deeds; because we know that the verse does not address individuals, or does not speak of the lifespan, which is the life a person lives, whether long or short, but rather the verse speaks of the punishment that a nation deserves because of its disbelief; so when the term of their punishment and extermination comes, they neither delay an hour nor advance. This is the first point of reconciliation.
The second point: The verse is correct in that it came to speak of the punishment of disobedient and disbelieving nations in Allah - Mighty and Majestic -; but in reality, it includes the end of the life of these people. If the life of these people has a term; how is it with the hadith, or rather the hadiths, that explicitly state that it is possible to lengthen lifespan, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , and he also said: ; we say: there is no difference between the verse - also - and these hadiths; because the verse means the term that was recorded in the Preserved Tablet finally, and the clarification of this is that our Lord - Mighty and Majestic - knows with certainty the people who take the means of long life or do not take them. Those who take the means of long life had their lifespan recorded in the Preserved Tablet as such, and those who do not take the means of long life had their lifespan recorded in the Preserved Tablet as such; that is: less than that; so this is the final recording.
But if those whose lifespans were recorded as short took the means that the former took - also - their lifespans would be lengthened. This is exactly like happiness and misery, , likewise, whoever is among the people of long lifespans will work and take the means that lead him to long life, and whoever is among the people of short lifespans will do the opposite and not take these means.
So these hadiths that explicitly state that there are means to lengthen lifespan only speak about the means, like righteous work is a means for entering Paradise, and evil work is a means for entering the Fire. As for the one who was written that he will enter the Fire because of his disbelief; there is no room to say: will he enter Paradise? It is not possible for him to enter Paradise; because he did not engage in the means of Paradise, but rather he engaged in the means of the Fire; likewise, the one who engaged in the means of long lifespan, long lifespan was written for him, and the one who engaged in the means contrary to long lifespan; he was written beforehand by Allah - Mighty and Majestic - as having a short lifespan.
So these hadiths only speak about the means; like the hadith: also speaks about the means, as for the final outcome, it is recorded with the Lord of the Worlds, either among the people of Paradise or among the people of the Fire, either among the people of long lifespan or short lifespan; so what is recorded in the Preserved Tablet does not , but this recorded matter is linked to the means that the obligated person performs, of good or evil, that lengthens or shortens lifespan.