قُلۡ إِنۡ أَدۡرِيٓ أَقَرِيبٞ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ أَمۡ يَجۡعَلُ لَهُۥ رَبِّيٓ أَمَدًا ٢٥
Say, "I do not know if what you are promised is near or if my Lord will grant for it a [long] period."
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- قُلۡSayqul
- إِنۡNotin
- أَدۡرِيٓI knowadrī
- أَقَرِيبٞwhether is nearaqarībun
- مَّاwhatmā
- تُوعَدُونَyou are promisedtūʿadūna
- أَمۡor (whether)am
- يَجۡعَلُwill appointyajʿalu
- لَهُۥfor itlahu
- رَبِّيٓmy Lordrabbī
- أَمَدًاa (distant) termamadan
Tafsir
O Messenger! Say to these idolaters who reject the resurrection: I do not know whether the punishment you are warned of is near, or whether it has a fixed time that only Allah knows.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran