Quran 72:25 — Al-Jinn, verse 25
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘I do not know whether what you have been warned about is near, or whether a distant time has been appointed for it by my Lord.’
قُلْ إِنْ أَدْرِي أَقَرِيبٌ مَا تُوعَدُونَ أَمْ يَجْعَلُ لَهُ رَبِّي أَمَدًا
qul in adrī aqarībun mā tūʿadūna am yajʿalu lahu rabbī amadan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'I do not know whether that which you are promised is nigh, or whether my Lord will appoint for it a space;
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: "I do not know whether that [doom] of which you were forewarned is near, or whether my Sustainer has set for it a distant term."
- Sahih International
- Say, "I do not know if what you are promised is near or if my Lord will grant for it a [long] period."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | إِنْin | Not | — |
| 3 | أَدْرِىٓadrī | I know | دري |
| 4 | أَقَرِيبٌۭaqarībun | whether is near | قرب |
| 5 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 6 | تُوعَدُونَtūʿadūna | you are promised | وعد |
| 7 | أَمْam | or (whether) | — |
| 8 | يَجْعَلُyajʿalu | will appoint | جعل |
| 9 | لَهُۥlahu | for it | — |
| 10 | رَبِّىٓrabbī | my Lord | ربب |
| 11 | أَمَدًاamadan | a (distant) term | أمد |