Surah Al-Jinn (الجن) • The Jinn

Quran 72:25

72:25

قُلْ إِنْ أَدْرِىٓ أَقَرِيبٌ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ أَمْ يَجْعَلُ لَهُۥ رَبِّىٓ أَمَدًا

qul in adrī aqarībun mā tūʿadūna am yajʿalu lahu rabbī amadan

Say, "I do not know if what you are promised is near or if my Lord will grant for it a [long] period."

— Saheeh International

Say, ‘I do not know whether what you have been warned about is near, or whether a distant time has been appointed for it by my Lord.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "I know not whether (the punishment) which you are promised is near or whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term.

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

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Word by Word

قُلْqulSay
إِنْinNot
أَدْرِىٓadrīI know
أَقَرِيبٌۭaqarībunwhether is near
مَّاmāwhat
تُوعَدُونَtūʿadūnayou are promised
أَمْamor (whether)
يَجْعَلُyajʿaluwill appoint
لَهُۥlahufor it
رَبِّىٓrabbīmy Lord
أَمَدًاamadana (distant) term