Quran 45:32

Surah Al-Jaathiya, Verse 32

Juz 25 · Page 501 · Ruku 437 · Meccan

وَإِذَا قِيلَ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَا قُلْتُم مَّا نَدْرِى مَا ٱلسَّاعَةُ إِن نَّظُنُّ إِلَّا ظَنًّا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُسْتَيْقِنِينَ

Word by word

وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when قِيلَ qīla it was said إِنَّ inna Indeed وَعْدَ waʿda (the) Promise ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah حَقٌّۭ ḥaqqun (is) true وَٱلسَّاعَةُ wal-sāʿatu and the Hour لَا lā (there is) no رَيْبَ rayba doubt فِيهَا fīhā about it قُلْتُم qul'tum you said مَّا mā Not نَدْرِى nadrī we know مَا mā what ٱلسَّاعَةُ l-sāʿatu the Hour (is) إِن in Not نَّظُنُّ naẓunnu we think إِلَّا illā except ظَنًّۭا ẓannan an assumption وَمَا wamā and not نَحْنُ naḥnu we بِمُسْتَيْقِنِينَ bimus'tayqinīna (are) convinced

Transliteration

Wa-itha qeela inna waAAda Allahihaqqun wassaAAatu la rayba feehaqultum ma nadree ma assaAAatu in nathunnuilla thannan wama nahnubimustayqineen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And when it was said: Lo! Allah's promise is the truth, and there is no doubt of the Hour's coming, ye said: We know not what the Hour is. We deem it naught but a conjecture, and we are by no means convinced.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"And when it was said that the promise of Allah was true, and that the Hour- there was no doubt about its (coming), ye used to say, 'We know not what is the hour: we only think it is an idea, and we have no firm assurance.'"

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

( وإذا قيل إن وعد الله حق والساعة لا ريب فيها ) أي : إذا قال لكم المؤمنون ذلك ، ( قلتم ما ندري ما الساعة ) أي : لا نعرفها ، ( إن نظن إلا ظنا ) أي : إن نتوهم وقوعها إلا توهما ، أي مرجوحا ; ولهذا قال : ( وما نحن بمستيقنين ) أي : بمتحققين ،