[2392] The Messenger (ﷺ) is no more than a human deliverer of what he is told by God. He has no control over such matters (cf. al-Rāzī, al-Biqāʿī, Naẓm al-Durar).
[2393] That is, a set time for every nation to taste Divine Wrath and retribution should it persist in Denying (al-Ṭabarī, al-Wāḥidī, al-Basīṭ, Shinqīṭī, al-ʿAdhb al-Namīr).