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وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَا تَأْتِينَا ٱلسَّاعَةُ ۖ قُلْ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّى لَتَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ عَٰلِمِ ٱلْغَيْبِ ۖ لَا يَعْزُبُ عَنْهُ مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍۢ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَلَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَآ أَصْغَرُ مِن ذَٰلِكَ وَلَآ أَكْبَرُ إِلَّا فِى كِتَٰبٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ﴿٣

Translation (Sahih International)

But those who disbelieve say, "The Hour will not come to us." Say, "Yes, by my Lord, it will surely come to you. [Allah is] the Knower of the unseen." Not absent from Him is an atom's weight within the heavens or within the earth or [what is] smaller than that or greater, except that it is in a clear register -

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالَwaqālaBut say
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
لَاNot
تَأْتِينَاtatīnāwill come to us
ٱلسَّاعَةُ ۖl-sāʿatuthe Hour
قُلْqulSay
بَلَىٰbalāNay
وَرَبِّىwarabbīby my Lord
لَتَأْتِيَنَّكُمْlatatiyannakumsurely it will come to you
عَـٰلِمِʿālimi(He is the) Knower
ٱلْغَيْبِ ۖl-ghaybi(of) the unseen
لَاNot
يَعْزُبُyaʿzubuescapes
عَنْهُʿanhufrom Him
مِثْقَالُmith'qālu(the) weight
ذَرَّةٍۢdharratin(of) an atom
فِىin
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
وَلَاwalāand not
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
وَلَآwalāand not
أَصْغَرُaṣgharusmaller
مِنminthan
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
وَلَآwalāand not
أَكْبَرُakbarugreater
إِلَّاillābut
فِى(is) in
كِتَـٰبٍۢkitābina Record
مُّبِينٍۢmubīninClear

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Hour will come so that each Person will be rewarded or punished in accordance with His DeedsThis is one of three Ayat -- there is no fourth -- where Allah commands His Messenger to swear by His Almighty Lord that the resurrection will surely come, because the stubborn followers of disbelief denied that it would happen.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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