But those who disbelieve say, "The Hour will not come to us." Say, "Yes, by my Lord, it will surely come to you. [Allāh is] the Knower of the unseen." Not absent from Him is an atom's weight1 within the heavens or within the earth or [what is] smaller than that or greater, except that it is in a clear register -
لَتَأۡتِيَنَّكُمۡsurely it will come to youlatatiyannakum
عَٰلِمِ(He is the) Knowerʿālimi
ٱلۡغَيۡبِۖ(of) the unseenl-ghaybi
لَاNotlā
يَعۡزُبُescapesyaʿzubu
عَنۡهُfrom Himʿanhu
مِثۡقَالُ(the) weightmith'qālu
ذَرَّةٖ(of) an atomdharratin
فِيinfī
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِthe heavensl-samāwāti
وَلَاand notwalā
فِيinfī
ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
وَلَآand notwalā
أَصۡغَرُsmalleraṣgharu
مِنthanmin
ذَٰلِكَthatdhālika
وَلَآand notwalā
أَكۡبَرُgreaterakbaru
إِلَّاbutillā
فِي(is) infī
كِتَٰبٖa Recordkitābin
مُّبِينٖClearmubīnin
Tafsir
Those who disbelieved in Allah said, “The hour will never come to us!” O Messenger! Say to them: “No, by Allah, the very hour that you reject will definitely come to you, but its time is only known to Allah. He (may He be glorified) is the knower of whatever is hidden such as the hour, even the equivalent of the smallest ant is not hidden from His knowledge, nor anything smaller than that in the heavens or on Earth or larger, except that it is recorded in a clear book, which is the Preserved Tablet in which everything that is to happen until the Day of Judgement is recorded.”