Quran 33:63 — Al-Ahzaab, verse 63
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
People ask you about the Hour. Say, ‘God alone has knowledge of it.’ How could you [Prophet] know? The Hour may well be near.
يَسْأَلُكَ النَّاسُ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ ۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ ۚ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ السَّاعَةَ تَكُونُ قَرِيبًا
yasaluka l-nāsu ʿani l-sāʿati qul innamā ʿil'muhā ʿinda l-lahi wamā yud'rīka laʿalla l-sāʿata takūnu qarīban
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The people will question thee concerning the Hour. Say: 'The knowledge of it is only with God; what shall make thee know? Haply the Hour is nigh.'
- Muhammad Asad
- PEOPLE will ask thee about the Last Hour. Say: “Knowledge thereof rests with God alone; yet for all thou knowest, the Last Hour may well be near!”
- Sahih International
- People ask you concerning the Hour. Say, "Knowledge of it is only with Allāh. And what may make you perceive? Perhaps the Hour is near."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَسْـَٔلُكَyasaluka | Ask you | سأل |
| 2 | ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu | the people | نوس |
| 3 | عَنِʿani | about | — |
| 4 | ٱلسَّاعَةِ ۖl-sāʿati | the Hour | سوع |
| 5 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 6 | إِنَّمَاinnamā | Only | — |
| 7 | عِلْمُهَاʿil'muhā | its knowledge | علم |
| 8 | عِندَʿinda | (is) with | عند |
| 9 | ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 10 | وَمَاwamā | And what | — |
| 11 | يُدْرِيكَyud'rīka | will make you know | دري |
| 12 | لَعَلَّlaʿalla | Perhaps | — |
| 13 | ٱلسَّاعَةَl-sāʿata | the Hour | سوع |
| 14 | تَكُونُtakūnu | is | كون |
| 15 | قَرِيبًاqarīban | near | قرب |