سُوْرَةُ النَّمْلِ
Surah An-Naml (27) — Ayah 65
قُل لَّا يَعْلَمُ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْغَيْبَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ ﴿65﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Say: "None in the heavens and the earth knows the Ghaib (Unseen) except Allâh, nor can they perceive when they shall be resurrected."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قُل
qul
Say
لَّا
lā
No (one)
يَعْلَمُ
yaʿlamu
knows
مَن
man
whoever
فِى
fī
(is) in
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
ٱلْغَيْبَ
l-ghayba
(of) the unseen
إِلَّا
illā
except
ٱللَّهُ ۚ
l-lahu
Allah
وَمَا
wamā
and not
يَشْعُرُونَ
yashʿurūna
they perceive
أَيَّانَ
ayyāna
when
يُبْعَثُونَ
yub'ʿathūna
they will be resurrected
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
65-1 That is, just as in the aforementioned matters Allah Almighty is alone, He has no partner, similarly, in the knowledge of the unseen, He is unique. No one besides Him is the Knower of the unseen. Even the Prophets and Messengers have only as much knowledge as Allah Almighty informs them through revelation and inspiration, and the one who acquires knowledge through someone else's telling cannot be called the Knower of the unseen. Hazrat Aisha says that whoever assumes that the Prophet ﷺ knows the events that will occur tomorrow, he has fabricated a great slander against Allah, because He Himself says that in the heavens and the earth, only Allah has the knowledge of the unseen (Sahih Bukhari). Hazrat Qatadah says that Allah Almighty has created the stars for three purposes: the adornment of the sky, as a means of guidance, and to stone the devils. But people ignorant of Allah's commands have fabricated the pretense of acquiring the knowledge of the unseen (soothsaying) from them. For example, they say that whoever marries at such and such a star's time, such and such will happen; whoever travels at such and such a star's time, such and such will happen; whoever is born at such and such a star's time, such and such will happen, and so on. All these are pretenses. Often, the opposite of their conjectures happens. How can the knowledge of the unseen be acquired from stars, birds, and animals? While Allah's decision is that in the heavens and the earth, no one knows the unseen except Allah. (Ibn Kathir)
