Quran 7:187 — Al-A'raaf, verse 187
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They ask you [Prophet] about the Hour, ‘When will it happen?’ Say, ‘My Lord alone has knowledge of it: He alone will reveal when its time will come, a time that is momentous in both the heavens and earth. All too suddenly it will come upon you.’ They ask you about it as if you were eager [to find out]. Say, ‘God alone has knowledge of [when it will come], though most people do not realize it.’
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا ۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِنْدَ رَبِّي ۖ لَا يُجَلِّيهَا لِوَقْتِهَا إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ ثَقُلَتْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ لَا تَأْتِيكُمْ إِلَّا بَغْتَةً ۗ يَسْأَلُونَكَ كَأَنَّكَ حَفِيٌّ عَنْهَا ۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
yasalūnaka ʿani l-sāʿati ayyāna mur'sāhā qul innamā ʿil'muhā ʿinda rabbī lā yujallīhā liwaqtihā illā huwa thaqulat fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi lā tatīkum illā baghtatan yasalūnaka ka-annaka ḥafiyyun ʿanhā qul innamā ʿil'muhā ʿinda l-lahi walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They will question thee concerning the Hour, when it shall berth. Say: 'The knowledge of it is only with my Lord; none shall reveal it at its proper time, but He. Heavy is it in the heavens and the earth; it will not come on you but suddenly!' They will question thee, as though thou art well-informed of it. Say: 'The knowledge of it is only with God, but most men know not.'
- Muhammad Asad
- THEY WILL ASK thee [O Prophet] about the Last Hour: "When will it come to pass?" Say: "Verily, knowledge thereof rests with my Sustainer alone. None but He will reveal it in its time. Heavily will it weigh on the heavens and the earth; [and] it will not fall upon you otherwise than of a sudden." They will ask thee - as if thou couldst gain insight into this [mystery] by dint of persistent inquiry! Say: "Knowledge thereof rests with my Sustainer alone; but [of this] most people are unaware."
- Sahih International
- They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival? Say, "Its knowledge is only with my Lord. None will reveal its time except Him. It lays heavily upon the heavens and the earth. It will not come upon you except unexpectedly." They ask you as if you are familiar with it. Say, "Its knowledge is only with Allāh, but most of the people do not know."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَسْـَٔلُونَكَyasalūnaka | They ask you | سأل |
| 2 | عَنِʿani | about | — |
| 3 | ٱلسَّاعَةِl-sāʿati | the Hour | سوع |
| 4 | أَيَّانَayyāna | when will be | — |
| 5 | مُرْسَىٰهَا ۖmur'sāhā | its appointed time | رسو |
| 6 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 7 | إِنَّمَاinnamā | Only | — |
| 8 | عِلْمُهَاʿil'muhā | its knowledge | علم |
| 9 | عِندَʿinda | (is) with | عند |
| 10 | رَبِّى ۖrabbī | my Lord | ربب |
| 11 | لَاlā | no (one) | — |
| 12 | يُجَلِّيهَاyujallīhā | can reveal [it] | جلو |
| 13 | لِوَقْتِهَآliwaqtihā | its time | وقت |
| 14 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 15 | هُوَ ۚhuwa | Him | — |
| 16 | ثَقُلَتْthaqulat | It lays heavily | ثقل |
| 17 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 18 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | the heavens | سمو |
| 19 | وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚwal-arḍi | and the earth | أرض |
| 20 | لَاlā | Not | — |
| 21 | تَأْتِيكُمْtatīkum | will it come to you | أتي |
| 22 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 23 | بَغْتَةًۭ ۗbaghtatan | suddenly | بغت |
| 24 | يَسْـَٔلُونَكَyasalūnaka | They ask you | سأل |
| 25 | كَأَنَّكَka-annaka | as if you | — |
| 26 | حَفِىٌّḥafiyyun | (were) well informed | حفو |
| 27 | عَنْهَا ۖʿanhā | about it | — |
| 28 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 29 | إِنَّمَاinnamā | Only | — |
| 30 | عِلْمُهَاʿil'muhā | its knowledge | علم |
| 31 | عِندَʿinda | (is) with | عند |
| 32 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 33 | وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna | but | — |
| 34 | أَكْثَرَakthara | most | كثر |
| 35 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | (of) the people | نوس |
| 36 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 37 | يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna | know | علم |