Quran 45:32 — Al-Jaathiya, verse 32
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When it was said to you, “God’s promise is true: there is no doubt about the Hour,” did you not reply, “We know nothing of the Hour. This is only conjecture in our opinion. We are not convinced”?’
وَإِذَا قِيلَ إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَالسَّاعَةُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَا قُلْتُمْ مَا نَدْرِي مَا السَّاعَةُ إِنْ نَظُنُّ إِلَّا ظَنًّا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُسْتَيْقِنِينَ
wa-idhā qīla inna waʿda l-lahi ḥaqqun wal-sāʿatu lā rayba fīhā qul'tum mā nadrī mā l-sāʿatu in naẓunnu illā ẓannan wamā naḥnu bimus'tayqinīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when it was said, "God's promise is true, and the Hour, there is no doubt of it," you said; "We know not what the Hour may be; we have only a surmise, and are by no means certain."
- Muhammad Asad
- for when it was said, ‘Behold, God’s promise always comes true, and there can be no doubt about [the coming of] the Last Hour’ - you would answer, ‘We do not know what that Last Hour may be: we think it is no more than an empty guess, and [so] we are by no means convinced!’”
- Sahih International
- And when it was said, 'Indeed, the promise of Allāh is truth and the Hour [is coming] - no doubt about it,' you said, 'We know not what is the Hour. We assume only assumption, and we are not convinced.'"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | قِيلَqīla | it was said | قول |
| 3 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 4 | وَعْدَwaʿda | (the) Promise | وعد |
| 5 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 6 | حَقٌّۭḥaqqun | (is) true | حقق |
| 7 | وَٱلسَّاعَةُwal-sāʿatu | and the Hour | سوع |
| 8 | لَاlā | (there is) no | — |
| 9 | رَيْبَrayba | doubt | ريب |
| 10 | فِيهَاfīhā | about it | — |
| 11 | قُلْتُمqul'tum | you said | قول |
| 12 | مَّاmā | Not | — |
| 13 | نَدْرِىnadrī | we know | دري |
| 14 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 15 | ٱلسَّاعَةُl-sāʿatu | the Hour (is) | سوع |
| 16 | إِنin | Not | — |
| 17 | نَّظُنُّnaẓunnu | we think | ظنن |
| 18 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 19 | ظَنًّۭاẓannan | an assumption | ظنن |
| 20 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 21 | نَحْنُnaḥnu | we | — |
| 22 | بِمُسْتَيْقِنِينَbimus'tayqinīna | (are) convinced | يقن |