Quran 46:23 — Al-Ahqaf, verse 23
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He said, ‘Only God knows when it will come: I simply convey to you the message I am sent with but I can see you are an insolent people.’
قَالَ إِنَّمَا الْعِلْمُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَأُبَلِّغُكُمْ مَا أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِ وَلَـٰكِنِّي أَرَاكُمْ قَوْمًا تَجْهَلُونَ
qāla innamā l-ʿil'mu ʿinda l-lahi wa-uballighukum mā ur'sil'tu bihi walākinnī arākum qawman tajhalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'Knowledge is only with God, and I deliver to you the Message with which I was sent; but I see you are an ignorant people.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Said he: “Knowledge [of when it is to befall you] rests with God alone: I but convey unto you the message with which I have been entrusted; but I see that you are people ignorant [of right and wrong]!”
- Sahih International
- He said, "Knowledge [of its time] is only with Allāh, and I convey to you that with which I was sent; but I see you [to be] a people behaving ignorantly."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | إِنَّمَاinnamā | Only | — |
| 3 | ٱلْعِلْمُl-ʿil'mu | the knowledge | علم |
| 4 | عِندَʿinda | (is) with Allah | عند |
| 5 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (is) with Allah | أله |
| 6 | وَأُبَلِّغُكُمwa-uballighukum | and I convey to you | بلغ |
| 7 | مَّآmā | what | — |
| 8 | أُرْسِلْتُur'sil'tu | I am sent | رسل |
| 9 | بِهِۦbihi | with it | — |
| 10 | وَلَـٰكِنِّىٓwalākinnī | but | — |
| 11 | أَرَىٰكُمْarākum | I see you | رأي |
| 12 | قَوْمًۭاqawman | a people | قوم |
| 13 | تَجْهَلُونَtajhalūna | ignorant | جهل |