Quran 16:77 — An-Nahl, verse 77
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
All that is hidden from view in the heavens and earth belongs to God. The coming of the Hour of Judgement is like the blink of an eye, or even quicker: God has power over everything.
وَلِلَّهِ غَيْبُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ وَمَا أَمْرُ السَّاعَةِ إِلَّا كَلَمْحِ الْبَصَرِ أَوْ هُوَ أَقْرَبُ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
walillahi ghaybu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā amru l-sāʿati illā kalamḥi l-baṣari aw huwa aqrabu inna l-laha ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- To God belongs the Unseen in the heavens and in the earth. And the matter of the Hour is as a twinkling of the eye, or nearer. Surely God is powerful over everything.
- Muhammad Asad
- And, God's [alone] is the knowledge of the hidden reality of the heavens and the earth. And so, the advent of the Last Hour will but manifest itself [in a single moment,] like the twinkling of an eye, or closer still: for, behold, God has the power to will anything.
- Sahih International
- And to Allāh belongs the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth. And the command for the Hour is not but as a glance of the eye or even nearer. Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلِلَّهِwalillahi | And to Allah (belongs) | أله |
| 2 | غَيْبُghaybu | (the) unseen | غيب |
| 3 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | (of) the heavens | سمو |
| 4 | وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚwal-arḍi | and the earth | أرض |
| 5 | وَمَآwamā | And not | — |
| 6 | أَمْرُamru | (is the) matter | أمر |
| 7 | ٱلسَّاعَةِl-sāʿati | (of) the Hour | سوع |
| 8 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 9 | كَلَمْحِkalamḥi | as a twinkling | لمح |
| 10 | ٱلْبَصَرِl-baṣari | (of) the eye | بصر |
| 11 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 12 | هُوَhuwa | it | — |
| 13 | أَقْرَبُ ۚaqrabu | (is) nearer | قرب |
| 14 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 15 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 16 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 17 | كُلِّkulli | every | كلل |
| 18 | شَىْءٍۢshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 19 | قَدِيرٌۭqadīrun | (is) All-Powerful | قدر |