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Al-Ahqaf 23

Ayah 23 of 35 · Meccan

قَالَ إِنَّمَا ٱلۡعِلۡمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَأُبَلِّغُكُم مَّآ أُرۡسِلۡتُ بِهِۦ وَلَٰكِنِّيٓ أَرَىٰكُمۡ قَوۡمٗا تَجۡهَلُونَ ٢٣

He said, "Knowledge [of its time] is only with Allāh, and I convey to you that with which I was sent; but I see you [to be] a people behaving ignorantly."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
  3. ٱلۡعِلۡمُthe knowledgel-ʿil'mu
  4. عِندَ(is) with Allahʿinda
  5. ٱللَّهِ(is) with Allahl-lahi
  6. وَأُبَلِّغُكُمand I convey to youwa-uballighukum
  7. مَّآwhatmā
  8. أُرۡسِلۡتُI am sentur'sil'tu
  9. بِهِۦwith itbihi
  10. وَلَٰكِنِّيٓbutwalākinnī
  11. أَرَىٰكُمۡI see youarākum
  12. قَوۡمٗاa peopleqawman
  13. تَجۡهَلُونَignoranttajhalūna

Tafsir

He said: “The knowledge of the time for punishment is only with Allah and I do not have any knowledge of it. I am only a messenger who conveys to you what I have been sent with towards you. However, I see you as a people who are unaware of what contains benefit for you, so you leave it, and of what contains harm for you, so you commit it”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran