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Al-Ahzab (The Combined Forces)

Verse 63of 73

يَسْـَٔلُكَ ٱلنَّاسُ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ ۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ تَكُونُ قَرِيبًا﴿٦٣

Translation (Sahih International)

People ask you concerning the Hour. Say," Knowledge of it is only with Allah. And what may make you perceive? Perhaps the Hour is near."

Word-by-word meaning

يَسْـَٔلُكَyasalukaAsk you
ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe people
عَنِʿaniabout
ٱلسَّاعَةِ ۖl-sāʿatithe Hour
قُلْqulSay
إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
عِلْمُهَاʿil'muhāits knowledge
عِندَʿinda(is) with
ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahiAllah
وَمَاwamāAnd what
يُدْرِيكَyud'rīkawill make you know
لَعَلَّlaʿallaPerhaps
ٱلسَّاعَةَl-sāʿatathe Hour
تَكُونُtakūnuis
قَرِيبًاqarībannear

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

No One knows when the Day of Resurrection will come except AllahHere Allah tells His Messenger that he cannot know when the Hour will come, and if people ask him about that, He instructs him to refer the matter to Allah, may He be exalted, as Allah says in Surat Al-A`raf, even though that was revealed in Makkah and this Surah was revealed in Al-Madinah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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