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They ask you about the Hour, "When will it come?" Say, "Knowledge of it rests with my Lord. None can reveal its coming except He. It weighsheavily on the heavens and the earth. It will not come upon you except suddenly." They ask you as if you are responsible for it. Say, "Knowledge of it rests with God," but most people do not know.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Compare translations (4)Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
They ask thee of the (destined) Hour, when will it come to port. Say: Knowledge thereof is with my Lord only. He alone will manifest it at its proper time. It is heavy in the heavens and the earth. It cometh not to you save unawares. They question thee as if thou couldst be well informed thereof. Say: Knowledge thereof is with Allah only, but most of mankind know not
Sources
Translation Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired
Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work
·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Edward Henry Palmer1840–1882 · published 1880
They will ask you about the Hour, for what time it is fixed? - say, 'The knowledge thereof is only with my Lord; none shall manifest it at its time but He; it is heavy in the heavens and the earth, it will not come to you save on a sudden.' They will ask as though thou wert privy to it, say, 'The knowledge thereof is only with God,' - but most folk do not know
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
They will ask thee of the Hour - for what time is its coming fixed? SAY: The knowledge of it is only with my Lord: none shall manifest it in its time but He: it is the burden of the Heavens and of the Earth: not otherwise than on a sudden will it come on you. They will ask thee as if thou wast privy to it: SAY: The knowledge of it is with none but God. But most men know not this
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
They ask thee about the Hour; 'When it will come to pass?' Say, 'The knowledge thereof is only with my Lord. None can manifest it at its time but He. It lies heavy on the heavens and the earth. It shall not come upon you but of a sudden.' They ask thee as if thou were well-acquaintedtherewith. Say, 'The knowledge thereof is only with God; but most men do not know
Sources
Translation George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work
·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Other languages (18)Shqip · Albanian
Të pyesin ty (o Muhamed) për çastin e Kiametit se kur do të ndodhë. Thuaju: "Dija për të është vetëm te Zoti im. Vetëm Ai do ta bëjë atë të shfaqet në kohën e tij. Ai do të jetë i rëndë për qiejt dhe Tokën, do t'ju vijë krejt papritur." Të pyesin sikur ti e di mirë. Thuaju: "Dija për të është vetëm tek Allahu, por shumica e njerëzve nuk e dinë."
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বাংলা · Bengali
তারা তোমাকে কিয়ামত সম্পর্কে জিজ্ঞেস করবে: ‘তা কখন সংঘটিত হবে’? তুমি বলো: ‘এর জ্ঞান তো রয়েছে আমার রবের নিকট। তিনিই এর নির্ধারিত সময়ে তা প্রকাশ করবেন। আসমানসমূহ ও জমিনের ওপর তা অত্যন্ত কঠিন হবে। সেটি তোমাদের কাছে আকস্মিক এসে পড়বে। তারা তোমাকে প্রশ্ন করছে যেন, তুমি এ সম্পর্কে বিশেষভাবে অবহিত আছো। তুমি বলো: ‘এ বিষয়ের জ্ঞান কেবল আল্লাহর নিকট আছে। কিন্তু অধিকাংশ মানুষ তা জানে না।’
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Bosanski · Bosnian
Pitaju te o Smaku svijeta, kada će se zbiti. Reci: "To zna jedino Gospodar moj, On će ga u određeno vrijeme otkriti, a težak će biti nebesima i Zemlji, sasvim neočekivano će vam doći." Pitaju te kao da ti o njemu nešto znaš. Reci: "To samo Allah zna, ali većina ljudi ne zna."
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Hrvatski · Croatian
Pitaju te o Smaku svijeta, kada će se zbiti. Reci: "To zna jedino Gospodar moj, On će ga u određeno vrijeme otkriti, a težak će biti nebesima i Zemlji, sasvim neočekivano će vam doći." Pitaju te kao da ti o njemu nešto znaš. Reci: "To samo Allah zna, ali većina ljudi ne zna."
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Hiɓe naamno maa fii darngal : "ko honnde woni daragol maggal?" Maaku : " ganndal mum ko ka Joomi am woni. Alaa feññioowo waqtu maggal on si wanaa Kaŋko. Ngal teddii ka kammuuli e ka leydi. Ngal arataa e mon si wanaa e juhal". Hiɓe laɓndo maa a sikkay ko a kuɓindiiɗo e ɗum. Maaku : "ganndal mum ko ka Alla woni". kono ko ɓuri ɗuuɗude e yimɓe ɓen ngnndaa [ɗum].
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ქართული · Georgian
ისინი გეკითხებიან შენ (ო, მოციქულო) საათის შესახებ: «როდის არის მისი მოსვლა?» უთხარი (მათ): «მის შესახებ ცოდნა მხოლოდ ჩემს უფალთანაა, და მისი დრო არავინ იცის, გარდა მისა. მძიმე იქნება მისი დადგომა ცათა და მიწაზე. ის მოვა თქვენთან მხოლოდ მოულოდნელად». ისინი გეკითხებიან შენ თითქოს შენ იცოდე ამის შესახებ. უთხარი: «მის შესახებ ცოდნა მხოლოდ ალლაჰთანაა, მაგრამ ადამიანთა უმეტესობამ არ იცის».
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Deutsch · German
Sie fragen dich nach der Stunde, für wann sie feststeht. Sag: „Das Wissen darüber ist fürwahr nur bei meinem Herrn. Nur Er wird sie zu ihrer Zeit erscheinen lassen. Schwer lastet sie in den Himmeln und auf der Erde. Sie wird nur plötzlich über euch kommen.“ Sie fragen dich, als ob du stark danach bemüht seiest. Sag: „Das Wissen darüber ist fürwahr nur bei Allah. Aber die meisten Menschen wissen nicht.“
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Ελληνικά · Greek
(Ω, Μωχάμμαντ) σε ρωτούν (οι άπιστοι) για την Ώρα (της Έσχατης Ημέρας, χλευάζοντας): «Πότε θα έρθει;» Πες: «Η γνώση γι' αυτήν είναι μόνο με τον Κύριό μου. Κανείς άλλος δεν μπορεί να την φανερώσει κατά τον προκαθορισμένο χρόνο της εκτός απ' Αυτόν. (Η γνώση γι' αυτήν) είναι βαριά και μεγάλη για όσους βρίσκονται στους ουρανούς και τη Γη (και είναι κρυμμένη απ' αυτούς) και δε θα σας έρθει παρά μόνο ξαφνικά.» Σε ρωτούν σαν να ήσουν πρόθυμος να την ξέρεις (και δεν ήξεραν ότι δε ρωτάς γι' αυτήν λόγω της τέλειας γνώσης σου για τον Κύριό σου)! Πες: «Η γνώση γι' αυτήν είναι μόνο με τον Αλλάχ, αλλά οι περισσότεροι άνθρωποι δε γνωρίζουν.»
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हिन्दी · Hindi
(ऐ नबी!) वे आपसे क़ियामत के विषय में पूछते हैं कि वह कब घटित होगी? कह दें कि उसका ज्ञान तो मेरे पालनहार ही के पास है। उसे उसके समय पर वही प्रकट करेगा। वह आकाशों तथा धरती में बहुत भारी है। तुमपर अचानक ही आएगी। वे आपसे ऐसे पूछ रहे हैं, जैसे कि आप उसी की खोज में लगे हुए हों। आप कह दें कि उसका ज्ञान तो अल्लाह ही के पास है। परंतु[72] अधिकांश लोग (इस तथ्य को) नहीं जानते।
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Italiano · Italian
Ti chiedono dell’Ora: “Quando accadrà?”. Di’: «In verità la sua venuta la conosce soltanto il mio Dio! Non la manifesterà nel suo momento altri che Lui! Sarà grave nei cieli e in terra, e non si avvererà se non all’improvviso”. Ti chiedono come se tu fossi sapiente su questo. Di’: «In verità la sua conoscenza appartiene solo ad Allāh!» Ma la maggior parte degli uomini non lo sa.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
187. Jie klausia tavęs apie Valandą (Prikėlimo dieną): „Kada bus jos paskirtasis laikas?“ Sakyk: „Žinios apie tai yra pas mano Viešpatį (Vienintelį). Niekas negali atskleisti jos laiko, tik Jis. Jos išvaizda yra paslėpta nuo visų danguje ir žemėje. Neateis ji kitaip, kaip tik netikėtai.“ Jie klausinėja tavęs, ar tu turi gerų žinių apie tai. Sakyk: „Žinios apie tai yra pas Allahą (Vienintelį), tačiau dauguma žmonių nežino.“
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Waa’ee Qiyaamaa irraa yoomi dhaabbatiinsi isii (dhufti isii) (jedhanii) si gaafatu. jedhi "Beekumsi ishee Gooftaa kiyya qofa biratti tahe. Isa malee tokkolleen yeroo isheetiif ishee hin ibsu, Samiileefi dachii keessatti ulfaatte, Isheen tasa (daguutti) malee isinitti hin dhuftu" (jedhi). Akka waan ati ishee sirritti beektuutti si gaafatu, jedhi Beekumsi ishee Rabbiin bira qofa jira, Garuu irra hedduun namootaa hin beekan". [38]
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Русский · Russian
Они спрашивают тебя о Часе: когда же он наступит? Скажи: «Воистину, знание о нём — лишь у моего Господа. Никто, кроме Него, не явит его в надлежащий срок. Он тяжек для небес и земли. Он придёт к вам не иначе как внезапно». Они спрашивают тебя так, словно ты хорошо осведомлён о нём. Скажи: «Воистину, знание о нём — только у Аллаха, но большинство людей не знает».
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Српски · Serbian
Питају те о Смаку света, када ће да се догоди. Реци: „То зна једино мој Господар, Он ће у одређено време да га открије, а тежак ће да буде небесима и Земљи, сасвим неочекивано ће да вам дође.“ Питају те као да ти о њему нешто знаш. Реци: „То зна само Аллах, али већина људи не зна.“
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Wanakuuliza kuhusu hiyo Saa (ya Kiyama) kusimama kwake ni lini? Sema: Elimu yake iko kwa Mola wangu Mlezi. Haidhihirishi hiyo kwa wakati wake isipokuwa Yeye. Ni nzito katika mbingu na ardhi. Haitawajia isipokuwa kwa ghafla tu. Wanakuuliza kama kwamba wewe una pupa ya kuijua. Sema: Elimu yake iko tu kwa Mwenyezi Mungu. Lakini wengi wa watu hawajui.
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Svenska · Swedish
De frågar dig om tidpunkten för den yttersta stunden. Säg: ”Kunskapen om den finns bara hos min Herre och ingen avslöjar dess tidpunkt utom han. Den är dold för alla i himlarna och på jorden och den ska komma över er utan förvarning.” De frågar dig som om du ivrigt sökt reda på den. Säg: ”Kunskapen om den finns bara hos Gud, men de flesta vet inte detta.”
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Türkçe · Turkish
Sana (kıyamet) saatinin ne zaman kopacağını soruyorlar. De ki: "Onun bilgisi Rabbimin katındadır. Onun vaktini O’ndan başkası açığa çıkaramaz. Göklere ve yere o saat ağır gelir. Kıyamet ansızın gelir. Sanki sen onu biliyormuşsun gibi sana soruyorlar." De ki: "Onun ilmi sadece Allah katındadır. Ama insanların çoğu (bunu) bilmezler."
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اردو · Urdu
یہ لوگ آپ سے قیامت[1] کے متعلق سوال کرتے ہیں کہ اس کا وقوع کب ہوگا؟[2] آپ فرما دیجئے کہ اس کا علم صرف میرے رب ہی کے پاس ہے[3]، اس کے وقت پر اس کو سوا اللہ کے کوئی اور ﻇاہر نہ کرے گا۔ وه آسمانوں اور زمین میں بڑا بھاری (حادﺛہ) ہوگا[4] وه تم پر محض اچانک آپڑے گی۔ وه آپ سے اس طرح پوچھتے ہیں جیسے گویا آپ اس کی تحقیقات کرچکے ہیں[5]۔ آپ فرما دیجئے کہ اس کا علم خاص اللہ ہی کے پاس ہے لیکن اکثر لوگ نہیں جانتے۔
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Talal Itani2012 Have they not observed the government of the heavens and the earth, and all the things that God created, and that their time may have drawn near? Which message, besides this, will they believe in?
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Have they not considered the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and what things Allah hath created, and that it may be that their own term draweth nigh? In what fact after this will they believe
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Do they not behold the kingdoms of the heavens and of the earth, and what things God has created, and (see that), it may be, their time is already drawing nigh? in what relation then will they believe
John Medows Rodwell1861 Will they not look forth on the realms of the Heaven and of the Earth, and on all things which God hath made, to see whether haply their end be not drawing on? And in what other book will they believe who reject the Koran
George Sale1734 And do they not look into the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth and all things that God has created? And do they not see that, it may be, their own term has already drawn near? Then in what thing after this will they believe
Talal Itani2012 Whomever God misguides has no guide. And He leaves them blundering in their transgression.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Those whom Allah sendeth astray, there is no guide for them. He leaveth them to wander blindly on in their contumacy
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He whom God leads astray there is no guide for him! He leaves them in their rebellion, blindly wandering on
John Medows Rodwell1861 No other guide for him whom God shall mislead! He will leave them distraught in their wanderings
George Sale1734 Whomsoever God adjudges astray, there can be no guide for him. And He leave such in their transgression, wandering in distraction
Talal Itani2012 Say, "I have no control over any benefit or harm to myself, except as God wills. Had I known the future, I would have acquired much good, and no harm would have touched me. I am only a warner, and a herald of good news to a people who believe."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say: For myself I have no power to benefit, nor power to hurt, save that which Allah willeth. Had I knowledge of the Unseen, I should have abundance of wealth, and adversity would not touch me. I am but a warner, and a bearer of good tidings unto folk who believe
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'I cannot control profit or harm for myself, save what God will. If I knew the unseen I should surely have much that is good, nor would evil touch me; I am but a warner and a herald of good tidings unto a people who believe
John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: I have no control over what may be helpful or hurtful to me, but as God willeth. Had I the knowledge of his secrets, I should revel in the good, and evil should not touch me. But I am only a warner, and an announcer of good tidings to those who believe
George Sale1734 Say, 'I have no power to do good or harm to myself save as God please. And if I had the knowledge of the unseen, I should have secured abundance of good; and evil would not have touched me. I am only a Warner and a bearer of good tidings
DIN 31635huwa llaḏī ḫalaqakum min nafsin wāḥidatin waǧaʿala minhā zawǧahā liyaskuna ʾilayhā falammā taġaššāhā ḥamalat ḥamlan ḫafīfan famarrat bihi falammā ʾaṯqalat daʿawā llāha rabbahumā laʾin ʾātaytanā ṣāliḥan lanakūnanna mina š-šākirīna
Talal Itani2012 It is He who created you from a single person, and made from it its mate, that he may find comfort with her. Then, when he has covered her, she conceives a light load, and she carries it around. But when she has grown heavy, they pray to God their Lord, "if You give us a good child, we will be among the thankful."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He it is Who did create you from a single soul, and therefrom did make his mate that he might take rest in her. And when he covered her she bore a light burden, and she passed (unnoticed) with it, but when it became heavy they cried unto Allah, their Lord, saying: If thou givest unto us aright we shall be of the thankful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He it is who created you from one soul, and made therefrom its mate to dwell therewith; and when he covered her she bore a light burden and went about therewith; but when it grew heavy they called on God, Lord of them both, 'Surely if thou givest us a rightly-shaped child we shall of a surety be of those who thank
John Medows Rodwell1861 He it is who hath created you from a single person, and from him brought forth his wife that he might dwell with her: and when he had known her, she bore a light burden, and went about with it; and when it became heavy, they both cried to God their Lord, "If thou give us a perfect child we will surely be of the thankful
George Sale1734 He it is Who created you from a single soul and made therefrom its mate, that he might find comfort in her. And when he knows her, she bears a light burden and goes about with it. And when she grows heavy, they both pray to God, their Lord, saying, 'If thou gives us a good child, we will surely be of the thankful
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Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.62
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.56
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.53
Talal Itani · George Sale0.52
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.51
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.50
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.49
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.41
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.34
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.34
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Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 ayahs. The bismillah is delivered as a separate `bismillah` attribute on ayah 1 and is NOT fused into the ayah text. 112 surahs carry one: every surah except al-Fatiha, where the bismillah is ayah 1:1 itself, and at-Tawba, which has none. Sourced from the XML output; the plain-text output of the same release DOES fuse it, which is defect D1.
CLEARED. Licence read verbatim from the block embedded in this very file. Ingested exactly as shipped: no normalisation, no stripping of marks, no Unicode recomposition.
Parsed structurally from the EPUB: an h3 names the surah, one p per verse with its number in its own span. An unnumbered p is the basmala and is not a verse, except in surah 1 where the basmala IS verse 1. 112 unnumbered paragraphs were found, which is 114 surahs less surah 1 and surah 9. Text is stored VERBATIM: NFC normalisation and XML entity unescaping only, because CC BY-ND forbids modification.
CLEARED on a licence read first-hand from the translator's own download page, not from an aggregator. Tanzil also hosts this translation, but under a blanket "non-commercial purposes only" term that directs the user to the translator or publisher for permission - a hosting disclaimer, not a grant - so the grant was taken from the licensor directly. The "God" edition was ingested; ClearQuran also publishes an "Allah" edition, differing in how the divine name is rendered, which is not ingested.
CLEARED ON THE WORK, WITH TWO RECORDED CAVEATS ON THIS COPY. (1) Rights basis is the expired copyright term, NOT the redistributing repository's licence. That repository dedicates its contents to the public domain under the Unlicense while also redistributing plainly in-copyright translations (Abdel Haleem, Saheeh International, The Study Quran), so it is dedicating rights it cannot hold and its blanket grant is not relied upon here. (2) The file declares its own upstream as tanzil.net, and Tanzil attaches a non-commercial condition to its TRANSLATION distributions, though not to its Qur'anic text. Since Pickthall's copyright has expired, nobody holds rights in these words and no licence is required from anyone; Tanzil's terms are a contract binding those who download from Tanzil, which we did not. The chain is nonetheless not spotless and Anwar may prefer a clean digitisation of the 1930 printing. NOT VERIFIED: that this digital text matches the 1930 first printing rather than a later revised edition. No page images were collated. Recorded as unverified rather than presented as established. SERVED TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE CITED FILE AT ONE VERSE, 37:97: the file reads "red-hotfire" (a glued token, also in Gutenberg #16955); the served row reads "red-hot fire", restored 2026-09-13 from Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (London: George Allen & Unwin, printed for Alfred A. Knopf; 1930), p. 460, XXXVII 97 - scan archive.org in.ernet.dli.2015.216140, PDF page 475; banked data/derivation-sources/pickthall-1930-dli-2015.216140-text.pdf (sha256 70e81146c97fa3a590243a82e04e349108546074787e2551a78c616202138870) on Anwar Malik's grant.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. The digital edition's upstream is not stated by the redistributor and the printing is unverified. No statement of purpose is recorded for Palmer because none was sourced from his own preface in this pass; nothing is asserted on his behalf.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. TWO edition caveats. (1) The upstream is not stated by the redistributor. (2) Rodwell's own edition PRESENTS THE SURAHS IN HIS OWN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, not the mushaf order — he says so in his preface. This digital text is keyed to mushaf order, so it derives from a restored-order printing (such as the Everyman edition) rather than from Rodwell's own arrangement. Which printing is not stated and has not been established.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. The digital edition's upstream is NOT STATED by the redistributor, so the printing it represents is unverified; Sale's text was reprinted and re-edited many times between 1734 and 1900. Recorded as unverified rather than assumed to be the first edition.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 ayahs. The bismillah is delivered as a separate `bismillah` attribute on ayah 1 and is NOT fused into the ayah text. 112 surahs carry one: every surah except al-Fatiha, where the bismillah is ayah 1:1 itself, and at-Tawba, which has none. Sourced from the XML output; the plain-text output of the same release DOES fuse it, which is defect D1.
CLEARED. Parallel edition, held in ayah_text_variants. It sits alongside the Uthmani spine for search normalisation and is never used to correct it.