سُوْرَةُ النَّمْلِ
Surah An-Naml (27) — Ayah 66
بَلِ ٱدَّٰرَكَ عِلْمُهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ مِّنْهَا ۖ بَلْ هُم مِّنْهَا عَمُونَ ﴿66﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Nay, they have no knowledge of the Hereafter. Nay, they are in doubt about it. Nay, they are in complete blindness about it.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
بَلِ
bali
Nay
ٱدَّٰرَكَ
iddāraka
is arrested
عِلْمُهُمْ
ʿil'muhum
their knowledge
فِى
fī
of
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚ
l-ākhirati
the Hereafter
بَلْ
bal
Nay
هُمْ
hum
they
فِى
fī
(are) in
شَكٍّۢ
shakkin
doubt
مِّنْهَا ۖ
min'hā
about it
بَلْ
bal
Nay
هُم
hum
they
مِّنْهَا
min'hā
about it
عَمُونَ
ʿamūna
(are) blind
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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66. Rather, their knowledge regarding the Hereafter has come to a halt; rather, they are in doubt about it; rather, they are blind to it [73].
[73] That is, no human being, no matter how much he exercises his intellect, can know when the Day of Resurrection will be established. Nor can he comprehend the reality of the Hereafter. Except if he brings faith in divine revelation. In that case, he attains certainty regarding the Hereafter and its conditions. However, even then, the knowledge of the exact time of Resurrection cannot be attained. And the state of these people is such that the Prophet’s call has certainly cast them into doubt, and despite their denial of the Hereafter, they have been compelled to consider that perhaps the Prophet is indeed telling the truth. Nevertheless, these people have preferred to abandon any contemplation on this matter and have completely closed their eyes to those arguments and evidences, by reflecting upon which their doubt could have been removed.
[73] That is, no human being, no matter how much he exercises his intellect, can know when the Day of Resurrection will be established. Nor can he comprehend the reality of the Hereafter. Except if he brings faith in divine revelation. In that case, he attains certainty regarding the Hereafter and its conditions. However, even then, the knowledge of the exact time of Resurrection cannot be attained. And the state of these people is such that the Prophet’s call has certainly cast them into doubt, and despite their denial of the Hereafter, they have been compelled to consider that perhaps the Prophet is indeed telling the truth. Nevertheless, these people have preferred to abandon any contemplation on this matter and have completely closed their eyes to those arguments and evidences, by reflecting upon which their doubt could have been removed.
