Surah Al-Ahzab (الأحزاب) • The Combined Forces

Quran 33:63

33:63

يَسْـَٔلُكَ ٱلنَّاسُ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ ۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ تَكُونُ قَرِيبًا

yasaluka l-nāsu ʿani l-sāʿati qul innamā ʿil'muhā ʿinda l-lahi wamā yud'rīka laʿalla l-sāʿata takūnu qarīban

People ask you concerning the Hour. Say, "Knowledge of it is only with Allāh. And what may make you perceive? Perhaps the Hour is near."

— Saheeh International

People ask you about the Hour. Say, ‘God alone has knowledge of it.’ How could you [Prophet] know? The Hour may well be near.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

People ask you concerning the Hour, say: "The knowledge of it is with Allâh only. What do you know? It may be that the Hour is near!"

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

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Word by Word

يَسْـَٔلُكَyasalukaAsk you
ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe people
عَنِʿaniabout
ٱلسَّاعَةِۖl-sāʿatithe Hour
قُلْqulSay
إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
عِلْمُهَاʿil'muhāits knowledge
عِندَʿinda(is) with
ٱللَّهِۚl-lahiAllah
وَمَاwamāAnd what
يُدْرِيكَyud'rīkawill make you know
لَعَلَّlaʿallaPerhaps
ٱلسَّاعَةَl-sāʿatathe Hour
تَكُونُtakūnuis
قَرِيبًاqarībannear