Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:187

7:187

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا ۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّى ۖ لَا يُجَلِّيهَا لِوَقْتِهَآ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ ثَقُلَتْ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ لَا تَأْتِيكُمْ إِلَّا بَغْتَةً ۗ يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ كَأَنَّكَ حَفِىٌّ عَنْهَا ۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

yasalūnaka ʿani l-sāʿati ayyāna mur'sāhā qul innamā ʿil'muhā ʿinda rabbī lā yujallīhā liwaqtihā illā huwa thaqulat fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi lā tatīkum illā baghtatan yasalūnaka ka-annaka ḥafiyyun ʿanhā qul innamā ʿil'muhā ʿinda l-lahi walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna

They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival? Say, "Its knowledge is only with my Lord. None will reveal its time except Him. It lays heavily upon the heavens and the earth. It will not come upon you except unexpectedly." They ask you as if you are familiar with it. Say, "Its knowledge is only with Allāh, but most of the people do not know."

— Saheeh International

They ask you [Prophet] about the Hour, ‘When will it happen?’ Say, ‘My Lord alone has knowledge of it: He alone will reveal when its time will come, a time that is momentous in both the heavens and earth. All too suddenly it will come upon you.’ They ask you about it as if you were eager [to find out]. Say, ‘God alone has knowledge of [when it will come], though most people do not realize it.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They ask you about the Hour (Day of Resurrection): "When will be its appointed time?" Say: "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord (Alone). None can reveal its time but He. Heavy is its burden through the heavens and the earth. It shall not come upon you except all of a sudden." They ask you as if you have a good knowledge of it. Say: "The knowledge thereof is with Allâh (Alone), but most of mankind know not."

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

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يَسْـَٔلُونَكَyasalūnakaThey ask you
عَنِʿaniabout
ٱلسَّاعَةِl-sāʿatithe Hour
أَيَّانَayyānawhen will be
مُرْسَىٰهَاۖmur'sāhāits appointed time
قُلْqulSay
إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
عِلْمُهَاʿil'muhāits knowledge
عِندَʿinda(is) with
رَبِّىۖrabbīmy Lord
لَاlāno (one)
يُجَلِّيهَاyujallīhācan reveal [it]
لِوَقْتِهَآliwaqtihāits time
إِلَّاillāexcept
هُوَۚhuwaHim
ثَقُلَتْthaqulatIt lays heavily
فِىfīin
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِۚwal-arḍiand the earth
لَاlāNot
تَأْتِيكُمْtatīkumwill it come to you
إِلَّاillābut
بَغْتَةًۭۗbaghtatansuddenly
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَyasalūnakaThey ask you
كَأَنَّكَka-annakaas if you
حَفِىٌّḥafiyyun(were) well informed
عَنْهَاۖʿanhāabout it
قُلْqulSay
إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
عِلْمُهَاʿil'muhāits knowledge
عِندَʿinda(is) with
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
أَكْثَرَaktharamost
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
لَاlā(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow