Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 187
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا ۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّى ۖ لَا يُجَلِّيهَا لِوَقْتِهَآ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ ثَقُلَتْ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ لَا تَأْتِيكُمْ إِلَّا بَغْتَةً ۗ يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ كَأَنَّكَ حَفِىٌّ عَنْهَا ۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival? Say, "Its knowledge is only with my Lord. None will reveal its time except Him. It lays heavily 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."
Word by word
- يَسْـَٔلُونَكَyasalūnakaThey ask you
- عَنِʿaniabout
- ٱلسَّاعَةِl-sāʿatithe Hour
- أَيَّانَayyānawhen will be
- مُرْسَىٰهَا ۖmur'sāhāits appointed time
- قُلْqulSay
- إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
- عِلْمُهَاʿil'muhāits knowledge
- عِندَʿinda(is) with
- رَبِّى ۖrabbīmy Lord
- لَاlāno (one)
- يُجَلِّيهَاyujallīhācan reveal [it]
- لِوَقْتِهَآliwaqtihāits time
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- هُوَ ۚhuwaHim
- ثَقُلَتْthaqulatIt lays heavily
- فِىfīin
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
- وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚwal-arḍiand the earth
- لَاlāNot
- تَأْتِيكُمْtatīkumwill it come to you
- إِلَّاillābut
- بَغْتَةًۭ ۗbaghtatansuddenly
- يَسْـَٔلُونَكَyasalūnakaThey ask you
- كَأَنَّكَka-annakaas if you
- حَفِىٌّḥafiyyun(were) well informed
- عَنْهَا ۖʿanhāabout it
- قُلْqulSay
- إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
- عِلْمُهَاʿil'muhāits knowledge
- عِندَʿinda(is) with
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
- أَكْثَرَaktharamost
- ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
- لَاlā(do) not
- يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow
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