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An-Nahl (The Bee)

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وَلِلَّهِ غَيْبُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَمَآ أَمْرُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ إِلَّا كَلَمْحِ ٱلْبَصَرِ أَوْ هُوَ أَقْرَبُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ﴿٧٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And to Allah belongs the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth. And the command for the Hour is not but as a glance of the eye or even nearer. Indeed, Allah is over all things competent.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd to Allah (belongs)
غَيْبُghaybu(the) unseen
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚwal-arḍiand the earth
وَمَآwamāAnd not
أَمْرُamru(is the) matter
ٱلسَّاعَةِl-sāʿati(of) the Hour
إِلَّاillābut
كَلَمْحِkalamḥias a twinkling
ٱلْبَصَرِl-baṣari(of) the eye
أَوْawor
هُوَhuwait
أَقْرَبُ ۚaqrabu(is) nearer
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عَلَىٰʿalāon
كُلِّkullievery
شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
قَدِيرٌۭqadīrun(is) All-Powerful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Unseen belongs to Allah and only He has Knowledge of the HourAllah tells us of the perfection of His knowledge and ability to do all things, by telling us that He alone knows the Unseen of the heavens and the earth. No one knows anything about such things except for what Allah informs about as He wills.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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