سُوْرَةُ الْجِنِّ
Surah Al-Jinn (72) — Ayah 25
قُلْ إِنْ أَدْرِىٓ أَقَرِيبٌ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ أَمْ يَجْعَلُ لَهُۥ رَبِّىٓ أَمَدًا ﴿25﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "I know not whether (the punishment) which you are promised is near or whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قُلْ
qul
Say
إِنْ
in
Not
أَدْرِىٓ
adrī
I know
أَقَرِيبٌۭ
aqarībun
whether is near
مَّا
mā
what
تُوعَدُونَ
tūʿadūna
you are promised
أَمْ
am
or (whether)
يَجْعَلُ
yajʿalu
will appoint
لَهُۥ
lahu
for it
رَبِّىٓ
rabbī
my Lord
أَمَدًا
amadan
a (distant) term
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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25. Say: I do not know whether what you are promised is near, or whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term [23].
[23] In this verse, without repeating the question, an answer is being given to the oft-repeated and worn-out question of the disbelievers, which is that I have no knowledge of the exact date of the Day of Resurrection, because I am not the Knower of the Unseen, nor have I ever claimed to be. Only Allah Almighty is the Knower of the Unseen. He alone knows whether it will come soon or late. However, I do know this much: it will certainly come, whenever it may be.
[23] In this verse, without repeating the question, an answer is being given to the oft-repeated and worn-out question of the disbelievers, which is that I have no knowledge of the exact date of the Day of Resurrection, because I am not the Knower of the Unseen, nor have I ever claimed to be. Only Allah Almighty is the Knower of the Unseen. He alone knows whether it will come soon or late. However, I do know this much: it will certainly come, whenever it may be.
