Quran 47:18 — Muhammad, verse 18
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
What are the disbelievers waiting for, other than the Hour which will come upon them unawares? Its signs are already here, but once the Hour has actually arrived, what use will it be then to take heed?
فَهَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَّا السَّاعَةَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمْ بَغْتَةً ۖ فَقَدْ جَاءَ أَشْرَاطُهَا ۚ فَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمْ إِذَا جَاءَتْهُمْ ذِكْرَاهُمْ
fahal yanẓurūna illā l-sāʿata an tatiyahum baghtatan faqad jāa ashrāṭuhā fa-annā lahum idhā jāathum dhik'rāhum
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Are they looking for aught but the Hour, that it shall come upon them suddenly? Already its tokens have come; so, when it has come to them, how shall they have their Reminder?
- Muhammad Asad
- Are, then, they [whose hearts are sealed] waiting for the Last Hour - [waiting] that it come upon them of a sudden? But it has already been foretold! And what will their remembrance [of their past sins] avail them, once it has come upon them?
- Sahih International
- Then do they await except that the Hour should come upon them unexpectedly? But already there have come [some of] its indications. Then how [i.e., what good] to them, when it has come, will be their remembrance?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَهَلْfahal | Then do | — |
| 2 | يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūna | they wait | نظر |
| 3 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 4 | ٱلسَّاعَةَl-sāʿata | (for) the Hour | سوع |
| 5 | أَنan | that | — |
| 6 | تَأْتِيَهُمtatiyahum | it should come to them | أتي |
| 7 | بَغْتَةًۭ ۖbaghtatan | suddenly | بغت |
| 8 | فَقَدْfaqad | But indeed | — |
| 9 | جَآءَjāa | have come | جيأ |
| 10 | أَشْرَاطُهَا ۚashrāṭuhā | its indications | شرط |
| 11 | فَأَنَّىٰfa-annā | Then how | أني |
| 12 | لَهُمْlahum | to them | — |
| 13 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 14 | جَآءَتْهُمْjāathum | has come to them | جيأ |
| 15 | ذِكْرَىٰهُمْdhik'rāhum | their reminder | ذكر |