فَهَلۡ
يَنظُرُونَ
إِلَّا
ٱلسَّاعَةَ
أَن
تَأۡتِيَهُم
بَغۡتَةٗۖ
فَقَدۡ
جَآءَ
أَشۡرَاطُهَاۚ
فَأَنَّىٰ
لَهُمۡ
إِذَا
جَآءَتۡهُمۡ
ذِكۡرَىٰهُمۡ
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Await they aught save the Hour, that it should come upon them unawares? And the beginnings thereof have already come. But how, when it hath come upon them, can they take their warning?
— M. Pickthall
Then do they await except that the Hour should come upon them unexpectedly? But already there have come [some of] its indications. Then how [i.e., what good] to them, when it has come, will be their remembrance?
— Saheeh International
Do they then only wait for the Hour,- that it should come on them of a sudden? But already have come some tokens thereof, and when it (actually) is on them, how can they benefit then by their admonition?
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Description of the Situation of the Hypocrites and the Command to maintain Tawhid and seek Forgiveness
Allah describes the hypocrites' stupidity and limited understanding. They used to sit before Allah's Messenger ﷺ and listen to his words without understanding anything. Then when they left from
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Allah describes the hypocrites' stupidity an
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