The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف
Page #174
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يَسْأَلُونَكَ
عَنِ
السَّاعَةِ
أَيَّانَ
مُرْسَاهَا
قُلْ
إِنَّمَا
عِلْمُهَا
عِندَ
رَبِّي
لَا
يُجَلِّيهَا
لِوَقْتِهَا
إِلَّا
هُوَ
ثَقُلَتْ
فِي
السَّمَاوَاتِ
وَالْأَرْضِ
لَا
تَأْتِيكُمْ
إِلَّا
بَغْتَةً
يَسْأَلُونَكَ
كَأَنَّكَ
حَفِيٌّ
عَنْهَا
قُلْ
إِنَّمَا
عِلْمُهَا
عِندَ
اللَّهِ
وَلَكِنَّ
أَكْثَرَ
النَّاسِ
لَا
يَعْلَمُونَ
yasʾalūnaka ʿani s-sāʿati ʾayyāna mursāhā qul ʾinnamā ʿilmuhā ʿinda rabbī lā yujallīhā li-waqtihā ʾillā huwa thaqulat fī s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi lā taʾtīkum ʾillā baghtatan yasʾalūnaka ka-ʾannaka ḥafiyyun ʿanhā qul ʾinnamā ʿilmuhā ʿinda llāhi wa-lākinna ʾakthara n-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna
They ask thee about the (final) Hour - when will be its appointed time? Say: "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord (alone): None but He can reveal as to when it will occur. Heavy were its burden through the heavens and the earth. Only, all of a sudden will it come to you." They ask thee as if thou Wert eager in search thereof: Say: "The knowledge thereof is with Allah (alone), but most men know not."
— Abdullah Yusufali
They question you concerning the Hour, when will it set in? Say, ‘Its knowledge is only with my Lord: none except Him shall manifest it at its time. It will weigh heavy on the heavens and the earth. It will not overtake you but suddenly.’ They ask you as if you were in the know of it. Say, ‘Its knowledge is only with Allah, but most people do not know.’
