فَهَلۡ
يَنظُرُونَ
إِلَّا
ٱلسَّاعَةَ
أَن
تَأۡتِيَهُم
بَغۡتَةٗۖ
فَقَدۡ
جَآءَ
أَشۡرَاطُهَاۚ
فَأَنَّىٰ
لَهُمۡ
إِذَا
جَآءَتۡهُمۡ
ذِكۡرَىٰهُمۡ
١٨
Are they only waiting for the Hour to take them by surprise? Yet ˹some of˺ its signs have already come.1 Once it actually befalls them, will it not be too late to be mindful?
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
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
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
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