Quran 42:18 — Ash-Shura, verse 18
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
those who do not believe in it seek to hasten it, but the believers stand in awe of it. They know it to be the Truth; those who argue about the Hour are far, far astray.
يَسْتَعْجِلُ بِهَا الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهَا ۖ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مُشْفِقُونَ مِنْهَا وَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهَا الْحَقُّ ۗ أَلَا إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُمَارُونَ فِي السَّاعَةِ لَفِي ضَلَالٍ بَعِيدٍ
yastaʿjilu bihā alladhīna lā yu'minūna bihā wa-alladhīna āmanū mush'fiqūna min'hā wayaʿlamūna annahā l-ḥaqu alā inna alladhīna yumārūna fī l-sāʿati lafī ḍalālin baʿīdin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those that believe not therein seek to hasten it; but those who believe in it go in fear of it, knowing that it is the truth. Why, surely those who are in doubt concerning the Hour are indeed in far error.
- Muhammad Asad
- Those who do not believe in it [mockingly] ask for its speedy advent whereas those who have attained to faith stand in awe of it, and know it to be the truth. Oh, verily, they who call the Last Hour in question have indeed gone far astray!
- Sahih International
- Those who do not believe in it are impatient for it, but those who believe are fearful of it and know that it is the truth. Unquestionably, those who dispute concerning the Hour are in extreme error.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَسْتَعْجِلُyastaʿjilu | Seek to hasten | عجل |
| 2 | بِهَاbihā | [of] it | — |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 4 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 5 | يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna | believe | أمن |
| 6 | بِهَا ۖbihā | in it | — |
| 7 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | and those who | — |
| 8 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believe | أمن |
| 9 | مُشْفِقُونَmush'fiqūna | (are) fearful | شفق |
| 10 | مِنْهَاmin'hā | of it | — |
| 11 | وَيَعْلَمُونَwayaʿlamūna | and know | علم |
| 12 | أَنَّهَاannahā | that it | — |
| 13 | ٱلْحَقُّ ۗl-ḥaqu | (is) the truth | حقق |
| 14 | أَلَآalā | Unquestionably | — |
| 15 | إِنَّinna | indeed | — |
| 16 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 17 | يُمَارُونَyumārūna | dispute | مري |
| 18 | فِىfī | concerning | — |
| 19 | ٱلسَّاعَةِl-sāʿati | the Hour | سوع |
| 20 | لَفِىlafī | (are) certainly in | — |
| 21 | ضَلَـٰلٍۭḍalālin | error | ضلل |
| 22 | بَعِيدٍbaʿīdin | far | بعد |