Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:109

21:109

فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَقُلْ ءَاذَنتُكُمْ عَلَىٰ سَوَآءٍ ۖ وَإِنْ أَدْرِىٓ أَقَرِيبٌ أَم بَعِيدٌ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ

fa-in tawallaw faqul ādhantukum ʿalā sawāin wa-in adrī aqarībun am baʿīdun mā tūʿadūna

But if they turn away, then say, "I have announced to [all of] you equally. And I know not whether near or far is that which you are promised.

— Saheeh International

But if they turn away, say, ‘I have proclaimed the message fairly to you all. I do not know whether the judgement you are promised is near or far,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

But if they (disbelievers, idolaters, Jews, Christians, polytheists) turn away (from Islâmic Monotheism) say (to them O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "I give you a notice (of war as) to be known to us all alike. And I know not whether that which you are promised (i.e. the torment or the Day of Resurrection) is near or far."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 17Page 331meccan

Word by Word

فَإِنfa-inBut if
تَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawthey turn away
فَقُلْfaqulthen say
ءَاذَنتُكُمْādhantukumI (have) announced to you
عَلَىٰʿalāequally
سَوَآءٍۢۖsawāinequally
وَإِنْwa-inAnd not
أَدْرِىٓadrīI know
أَقَرِيبٌaqarībunwhether is near
أَمamor
بَعِيدٌۭbaʿīdunfar
مَّاmāwhat
تُوعَدُونَtūʿadūnayou are promised