يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ
عَنِ
ٱلسَّاعَةِ
أَيَّانَ
مُرۡسَىٰهَاۖ
قُلۡ
إِنَّمَا
عِلۡمُهَا
عِندَ
رَبِّيۖ
لَا
يُجَلِّيهَا
لِوَقۡتِهَآ
إِلَّا
هُوَۚ
ثَقُلَتۡ
فِي
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ
لَا
تَأۡتِيكُمۡ
إِلَّا
بَغۡتَةٗۗ
يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ
كَأَنَّكَ
حَفِيٌّ
عَنۡهَاۖ
قُلۡ
إِنَّمَا
عِلۡمُهَا
عِندَ
ٱللَّهِ
وَلَٰكِنَّ
أَكۡثَرَ
ٱلنَّاسِ
لَا
يَعۡلَمُونَ
١٨٧
They ask thee of the (destined) Hour, when will it come to port. Say: Knowledge thereof is with my Lord only. He alone will manifest it at its proper time. It is heavy in the heavens and the earth. It cometh not to you save unawares. They question thee as if thou couldst be well informed thereof. Say: Knowledge thereof is with Allah only, but most of mankind know not.
— M. Pickthall
They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?1 Say, "Its knowledge is only with my Lord. None will reveal its time except Him. It lays heavily2 upon the heavens and the earth. It will not come upon you except unexpectedly." They ask you as if you are familiar with it. Say, "Its knowledge is only with Allāh, but most of the people do not know."
— Saheeh International
They ask thee about the (final) Hour - when will be its appointed time? Say: "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord (alone): None but He can reveal as to when it will occur. Heavy were its burden through the heavens and the earth. Only, all of a sudden will it come to you." They ask thee as if thou Wert eager in search thereof: Say: "The knowledge thereof is with Allah (alone), but most men know not."
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Last Hour and its Portents
Allah said here,
يَسَْلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ
(They ask you about the Hour), just as He said in another Ayah,
يَسَْلُكَ النَّاسُ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ
(People ask you concerning the Hour) 33:63. It was said that this Ayah was revealed about the Quraysh or the Jews, although it ap
…The Last Hour and its Portents
Allah said here,
يَسَْلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ
(They ask you about the Hour), just as He said in another Ayah,
يَسَْلُكَ الن
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