Surah Muhammad (محمد) • Muhammad

Quran 47:18

47:18

فَهَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً ۖ فَقَدْ جَآءَ أَشْرَاطُهَا ۚ فَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمْ إِذَا جَآءَتْهُمْ ذِكْرَىٰهُمْ

fahal yanẓurūna illā l-sāʿata an tatiyahum baghtatan faqad jāa ashrāṭuhā fa-annā lahum idhā jāathum dhik'rāhum

Then do they await except that the Hour should come upon them unexpectedly? But already there have come [some of] its indications. Then how [i.e., what good] to them, when it has come, will be their remembrance?

— Saheeh International

What are the disbelievers waiting for, other than the Hour which will come upon them unawares? Its signs are already here, but once the Hour has actually arrived, what use will it be then to take heed?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Do they then await (anything) other than the Hour, that it should come upon them suddenly? But some of its portents (indications and signs) have already come; and when it (actually) is on them, how can they benefit then by their reminder?

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

Juz 26Page 508medinan

Word by Word

فَهَلْfahalThen do
يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnathey wait
إِلَّاillābut
ٱلسَّاعَةَl-sāʿata(for) the Hour
أَنanthat
تَأْتِيَهُمtatiyahumit should come to them
بَغْتَةًۭۖbaghtatansuddenly
فَقَدْfaqadBut indeed
جَآءَjāahave come
أَشْرَاطُهَاۚashrāṭuhāits indications
فَأَنَّىٰfa-annāThen how
لَهُمْlahumto them
إِذَاidhāwhen
جَآءَتْهُمْjāathumhas come to them
ذِكْرَىٰهُمْdhik'rāhumtheir reminder