Surah Al-Jathiyah (الجاثية) • The Crouching

Quran 45:32

45:32

وَإِذَا قِيلَ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَا قُلْتُم مَّا نَدْرِى مَا ٱلسَّاعَةُ إِن نَّظُنُّ إِلَّا ظَنًّا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُسْتَيْقِنِينَ

wa-idhā qīla inna waʿda l-lahi ḥaqqun wal-sāʿatu lā rayba fīhā qul'tum mā nadrī mā l-sāʿatu in naẓunnu illā ẓannan wamā naḥnu bimus'tayqinīna

And when it was said, 'Indeed, the promise of Allāh is truth and the Hour [is coming] - no doubt about it,' you said, 'We know not what is the Hour. We assume only assumption, and we are not convinced.'"

— Saheeh International

When it was said to you, “God’s promise is true: there is no doubt about the Hour,” did you not reply, “We know nothing of the Hour. This is only conjecture in our opinion. We are not convinced”?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when it was said: "Verily, Allâh’s Promise is the truth, and there is no doubt about the coming of the Hour," you said: "We know not what is the Hour: we do not think it but as a conjecture, and we have no firm convincing belief (therein)."

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

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وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
قِيلَqīlait was said
إِنَّinnaIndeed
وَعْدَwaʿda(the) Promise
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
حَقٌّۭḥaqqun(is) true
وَٱلسَّاعَةُwal-sāʿatuand the Hour
لَاlā(there is) no
رَيْبَraybadoubt
فِيهَاfīhāabout it
قُلْتُمqul'tumyou said
مَّاmāNot
نَدْرِىnadrīwe know
مَاmāwhat
ٱلسَّاعَةُl-sāʿatuthe Hour (is)
إِنinNot
نَّظُنُّnaẓunnuwe think
إِلَّاillāexcept
ظَنًّۭاẓannanan assumption
وَمَاwamāand not
نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
بِمُسْتَيْقِنِينَbimus'tayqinīna(are) convinced