سُوْرَةُ الْمُرْسَلَاتِ

Surah Al-Mursalaat (77) — Ayah 22

The Emissaries · Meccan · Juz 29 · Page 581

إِلَىٰ قَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ ﴿22﴾
For a known period (determined by gestation)?
إِلَىٰ ilā For
قَدَرٍۢ qadarin a period
مَّعْلُومٍۢ maʿlūmin known

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22. For a determined period [13].

[13] Although this appointed time is generally considered to be nine months, there can be an increase or decrease in it. Allah alone knows best how much strength or weakness is present in the reproductive fluid of the man and woman, or in either of them, and accordingly, the duration may increase or decrease. When the child's development in the mother's womb is complete, the time for delivery arrives.