سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 185
أَوَلَمْ يَنظُرُوا۟ فِى مَلَكُوتِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَىْءٍ وَأَنْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ قَدِ ٱقْتَرَبَ أَجَلُهُمْ ۖ فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَهُۥ يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿185﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Do they not look in the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all things that Allâh has created; and that it may be that the end of their lives is near. In what message after this will they then believe?
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَوَلَمْ
awalam
Do not
يَنظُرُوا۟
yanẓurū
they look
فِى
fī
in
مَلَكُوتِ
malakūti
(the) dominion
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
وَمَا
wamā
and what
خَلَقَ
khalaqa
has (been) created
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
مِن
min
of
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
(every)thing
وَأَنْ
wa-an
and that
عَسَىٰٓ
ʿasā
perhaps
أَن
an
[that]
يَكُونَ
yakūna
has
قَدِ
qadi
verily
ٱقْتَرَبَ
iq'taraba
come near
أَجَلُهُمْ ۖ
ajaluhum
their term
فَبِأَىِّ
fabi-ayyi
So in what
حَدِيثٍۭ
ḥadīthin
statement
بَعْدَهُۥ
baʿdahu
after this
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minūna
will they believe
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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And have they not considered the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and everything that Allah has created? And have they not thought that perhaps their appointed time has drawn near? So after this warning from the Prophet, what [185] message will they believe in?
Here, "hadith" refers to the Noble Quran, meaning that their companion, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, has warned them about their fate in the Hereafter, which they will certainly have to face, and no one knows the time of death. Therefore, they should believe in this Messenger and this Book as soon as possible, lest they remain engaged in their own thoughts or in opposition to it, and suddenly death comes upon them, and then nothing remains except regret and remorse.
Here, "hadith" refers to the Noble Quran, meaning that their companion, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, has warned them about their fate in the Hereafter, which they will certainly have to face, and no one knows the time of death. Therefore, they should believe in this Messenger and this Book as soon as possible, lest they remain engaged in their own thoughts or in opposition to it, and suddenly death comes upon them, and then nothing remains except regret and remorse.
