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
Abdel Haleem: 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.’

Interlinear Analysis

1
yasalūnaka
سَأَلَ
Root: س أ ل
Verb
2
ʿani
عَن
Root: ع ن
Prep.
3
l-sāʿati
ساعَة
Root: س و ع
Noun
4
ayyāna
أَيّان
Root: أ ي ا ن
Noun
5
mur'sāhā
مُرْسَى
Root: ر س و
Noun
6
qul
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
7
innamā
إِنّ
Root: ا ن
Prep.
8
ʿil'muhā
عِلْم
Root: ع ل م
Noun
9
ʿinda
عِند
Root: ع ن د
Noun
10
rabbī
رَبّ
Root: ر ب ب
Noun
11
لا
Root: ل ا
Prep.
12
yujallīhā
جَلَّى
Root: ج ل و
Verb
13
liwaqtihā
وَقْت
Root: و ق ت
Noun
14
illā
إِلّا
Root: إ ل ا
Prep.
15
هُوَ
huwa
Noun
16
thaqulat
ثَقُلَتْ
Root: ث ق ل
Verb
17
فِي
Root: ف ي
Prep.
18
l-samāwāti
سَماء
Root: س م و
Noun
19
wal-arḍi
أَرْض
Root: أ ر ض
Noun
20
لا
Root: ل ا
Prep.
21
tatīkum
أَتَى
Root: أ ت ي
Verb
22
illā
إِلّا
Root: إ ل ا
Prep.
23
baghtatan
بَغْتَة
Root: ب غ ت
Noun
24
yasalūnaka
سَأَلَ
Root: س أ ل
Verb
25
ka-annaka
كَأَنّ
Root: ك ا ن
Prep.
26
ḥafiyyun
حَفِيّ
Root: ح ف و
Noun
27
ʿanhā
عَن
Root: ع ن
Prep.
28
qul
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
29
innamā
إِنّ
Root: ا ن
Prep.
30
ʿil'muhā
عِلْم
Root: ع ل م
Noun
31
ʿinda
عِند
Root: ع ن د
Noun
32
l-lahi
اللَّه
Root: أ ل ه
Noun
33
walākinna
لٰكِنّ
Root: ل ك ن
Prep.
34
akthara
أَكْثَر
Root: ك ث ر
Noun
35
l-nāsi
ناس
Root: أ ن س
Noun
36
لا
Root: ل ا
Prep.
37
yaʿlamūna
عَلِمَ
Root: ع ل م
Verb