Surah Al-Ahqaf (الأحقاف) • The Wind-Curved Sandhills

Quran 46:23

46:23

قَالَ إِنَّمَا ٱلْعِلْمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَأُبَلِّغُكُم مَّآ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِۦ وَلَـٰكِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكُمْ قَوْمًا تَجْهَلُونَ

qāla innamā l-ʿil'mu ʿinda l-lahi wa-uballighukum mā ur'sil'tu bihi walākinnī arākum qawman tajhalūna

He said, "Knowledge [of its time] is only with Allāh, and I convey to you that with which I was sent; but I see you [to be] a people behaving ignorantly."

— Saheeh International

He said, ‘Only God knows when it will come: I simply convey to you the message I am sent with but I can see you are an insolent people.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He said: "The knowledge (of the time of its coming) is with Allâh only. And I convey to you that wherewith I have been sent, but I see that you are a people given to ignorance!"

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

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Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
ٱلْعِلْمُl-ʿil'muthe knowledge
عِندَʿinda(is) with Allah
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(is) with Allah
وَأُبَلِّغُكُمwa-uballighukumand I convey to you
مَّآmāwhat
أُرْسِلْتُur'sil'tuI am sent
بِهِۦbihiwith it
وَلَـٰكِنِّىٓwalākinnībut
أَرَىٰكُمْarākumI see you
قَوْمًۭاqawmana people
تَجْهَلُونَtajhalūnaignorant