Al-Ahqaf 46:23
The Dunes · ayah 23 of 35
قَالَ إِنَّمَا ٱلْعِلْمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَأُبَلِّغُكُم مَّآ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِۦ وَلَٰكِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكُمْ قَوْمًۭا تَجْهَلُونَ
Qala innama alAAilmu AAindaAllahi waoballighukum ma orsiltu bihi walakinneearakum qawman tajhaloon
"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.""
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"He said, ‘Only God knows when it will come: I simply convey to you the message I am sent with but I can see you are an insolent people.’"
Pickthall (classic)+
"He said: The knowledge is with Allah only. I convey unto you that wherewith I have been sent, but I see you are a folk that know not."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"He said: "The Knowledge (of when it will come) is only with Allah: I proclaim to you the mission on which I have been sent: But I see that ye are a people in ignorance!".."