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“Allah will never delay a soul when its appointed time has come. And Allah is All-Aware of what you do.” (11)
Regarding His saying, “Allah will never delay a soul when its appointed time has come. And Allah is All-Aware of what you do”: Abu Bakr recited yaʿmalūn (“what they do”) with the third-person masculine plural form, whereas the others recited it with the second-person form.
﴿وَلَنْ يُؤَخِّرَ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهَا وَاللَّهُ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ (١١) ﴾
﴿وَلَنْ يُؤَخِّرَ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهَا وَاللَّهُ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ﴾ قَرَأَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: "يَعْمَلُونَ" بِالْيَاءِ وَقَرَأَ الْآخَرُونَ بِالتَّاءِ.