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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 187

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يسالونك عن الساعة ايان مرساها قل انما علمها عند ربي لا يجليها لوقتها الا هو ثقلت في السماوات والارض لا تاتيكم الا بغتة يسالونك كانك حفي عنها قل انما علمها عند الله ولكن اكثر الناس لا يعلمون

They ask thee about The (final) Hour—when Will be its appointed time? Say: "The knowledge thereof Is with my Lord (alone): None but He can reveal As to when it will occur. Heavy were its burden through The heavens and the earth. Only, all of a sudden Will it come to you." They ask thee as if thou Wert eager in search thereof: Say: "The knowledge thereof Is with God (alone), But most men know not."

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  • Verse 187 of 206
  • Juz 9
  • Page 174

Word by word

  1. يَسْـَٔلُونَكَThey ask youyasalūnaka
  2. عَنِaboutʿani
  3. ٱلسَّاعَةِthe Hourl-sāʿati
  4. أَيَّانَwhen will beayyāna
  5. مُرْسَىٰهَا ۖits appointed timemur'sāhā
  6. قُلْSayqul
  7. إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
  8. عِلْمُهَاits knowledgeʿil'muhā
  9. عِندَ(is) withʿinda
  10. رَبِّى ۖmy Lordrabbī
  11. لَاno (one)lā
  12. يُجَلِّيهَاcan reveal [it]yujallīhā
  13. لِوَقْتِهَآits timeliwaqtihā
  14. إِلَّاexceptillā
  15. هُوَ ۚHimhuwa
  16. ثَقُلَتْIt lays heavilythaqulat
  17. فِىinfī
  18. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِthe heavensl-samāwāti
  19. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚand the earthwal-arḍi
  20. لَاNotlā
  21. تَأْتِيكُمْwill it come to youtatīkum
  22. إِلَّاbutillā
  23. بَغْتَةًۭ ۗsuddenlybaghtatan
  24. يَسْـَٔلُونَكَThey ask youyasalūnaka
  25. كَأَنَّكَas if youka-annaka
  26. حَفِىٌّ(were) well informedḥafiyyun
  27. عَنْهَا ۖabout itʿanhā
  28. قُلْSayqul
  29. إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
  30. عِلْمُهَاits knowledgeʿil'muhā
  31. عِندَ(is) withʿinda
  32. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  33. وَلَـٰكِنَّbutwalākinna
  34. أَكْثَرَmostakthara
  35. ٱلنَّاسِ(of) the peoplel-nāsi
  36. لَا(do) notlā
  37. يَعْلَمُونَknowyaʿlamūna

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