The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف
al-A‘rāf (The Elevations)
ٱلْأَعْرَاف
7:187
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 you (Muhammad), "When will the Day of Judgment be?" Tell them, "My Lord knows best. It is He who has appointed its time. It will be a grave hour both in the heavens and the earth. It will only approach you suddenly." They say, "It seems that you know about the coming of the Day of Judgment." Tell them, "Only God knows about it and most people do not know."
