The Heights, The Elevated Places — Verse 187

7:187 · al-A`raf

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The Heights, The Elevated Places 7:187

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Arabic English Morphology
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ yasalūnaka
They ask you V
عَنِ ʿani
about Prep
ٱلسَّاعَةِ l-sāʿati
the Hour Noun
أَيَّانَ ayyāna
when will be Noun
مُرْسَىٰهَا mur'sāhā
its appointed time Noun
قُلْ qul
Say V
إِنَّمَا innamā
Only Prep
عِلْمُهَا ʿil'muhā
its knowledge Noun
عِندَ ʿinda
(is) with Noun
رَبِّى rabbī
my Lord Noun
لَا lā
no (one) Prep
يُجَلِّيهَا yujallīhā
can reveal [it] V
لِوَقْتِهَآ liwaqtihā
its time Noun
إِلَّا illā
except Prep
هُوَ huwa
Him Noun
ثَقُلَتْ thaqulat
It lays heavily V
فِى fī
in Prep
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ l-samāwāti
the heavens Noun
وَٱلْأَرْضِ wal-arḍi
and the earth Noun
لَا lā
Not Prep
تَأْتِيكُمْ tatīkum
will it come to you V
إِلَّا illā
but Prep
بَغْتَةً baghtatan
suddenly Noun
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ yasalūnaka
They ask you V
كَأَنَّكَ ka-annaka
as if you Prep
حَفِىٌّ ḥafiyyun
(were) well informed Noun
عَنْهَا ʿanhā
about it Prep
قُلْ qul
Say V
إِنَّمَا innamā
Only Prep
عِلْمُهَا ʿil'muhā
its knowledge Noun
عِندَ ʿinda
(is) with Noun
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi
Allah Noun
وَلَٰكِنَّ walākinna
but Prep
أَكْثَرَ akthara
most Noun
ٱلنَّاسِ l-nāsi
(of) the people Noun
لَا lā
(do) not Prep
يَعْلَمُونَ yaʿlamūna
know V

They ask you [Prophet] about the Hour, ‘When will it happen?’ Say, ‘My Lord alone has knowledge of it: He alone will reveal when its time will come, a time that is momentous in both the heavens and earth. All too suddenly it will come upon you.’ They ask you about it as if you were eager [to find out]. Say, ‘God alone has knowledge of [when it will come], though most people do not realize it.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

یَسۡءَلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَیَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَاۖ قُلۡ إِنَّمَا عِلۡمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّیۖ لَا یُجَلِّیهَا لِوَقۡتِهَاۤ إِلَّا هُوَۚ ثَقُلَتۡ فِی ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ لَا تَأۡتِیكُمۡ إِلَّا بَغۡتَةࣰۗ یَسۡءَلُونَكَ كَأَنَّكَ حَفِیٌّ عَنۡهَاۖ قُلۡ إِنَّمَا عِلۡمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا یَعۡلَمُونَ ۝١٨٧

yasalūnaka ʿani l-sāʿati ayyāna mur'sāhā qul innamā ʿil'muhā ʿinda rabbī lā yujallīhā liwaqtihā illā huwa thaqulat fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi lā tatīkum illā baghtatan yasalūnaka ka-annaka ḥafiyyun ʿanhā qul innamā ʿil'muhā ʿinda l-lahi walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn

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