Quran 43:66 — Az-Zukhruf, verse 66
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
what are they waiting for but the Hour, which will come upon them suddenly and take them unawares?
هَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَّا السَّاعَةَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
hal yanẓurūna illā l-sāʿata an tatiyahum baghtatan wahum lā yashʿurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Are they looking for aught but the Hour, that it shall come upon them suddenly, when they are not aware?
- Muhammad Asad
- ARE THEY [who are lost in sin] but waiting for the Last Hour - [waiting] that it come upon them of a sudden, without their being aware [of its approach]?
- Sahih International
- Are they waiting except for the Hour to come upon them suddenly while they perceive not?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | هَلْhal | Are | — |
| 2 | يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūna | they waiting | نظر |
| 3 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 4 | ٱلسَّاعَةَl-sāʿata | (for) the Hour | سوع |
| 5 | أَنan | that | — |
| 6 | تَأْتِيَهُمtatiyahum | it should come on them | أتي |
| 7 | بَغْتَةًۭbaghtatan | suddenly | بغت |
| 8 | وَهُمْwahum | while they | — |
| 9 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 10 | يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūna | perceive | شعر |