33:63

يَسْـَٔلُكَ ٱلنَّاسُ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ ۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ تَكُونُ قَرِيبًا ٦٣

Saheeh International

People ask you concerning the Hour. Say," Knowledge of it is only with Allah . And what may make you perceive? Perhaps the Hour is near."

Tafsir of "Ibn Kathir" (English)

No One knows when the Day of Resurrection will come except Allah Allah says:يَسْأَلُكَ النَّاسُ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ اللَّهِPeople ask you concerning the Hour,say:"The knowledge of it is with Allah only.Here Allah tells His Messenger that he cannot know when the Hour will come, and if people ask him about that, He instructs him to refer the matter to Allah, may He be exalted, as Allah says in Surah Al-A`raf, even though that was revealed in Makkah and this Surah was revealed in Al-Madinah. Allah continues to tell him to refer this matter to the One Who knows about it, but He tells him that it is at hand, as He says:وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ السَّاعَةَ تَكُونُ قَرِيبًاWhat do you know It may be that the Hour is near!This is like the Ayat:اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانشَقَّ الْقَمَرُThe Hour has drawn near, and the moon has been cleft asunder. (54:1)اقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَـبُهُمْ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مُّعْرِضُونَDraws near for mankind their reckoning, while they turn away in heedlessness. (21:1)أَتَى أَمْرُ اللَّهِ فَلَ تَسْتَعْجِلُوهُThe Event (the Hour) ordained by Allah will come to pass, so seek not to hasten it. (16:1) The Curse on the Disbelievers and its Eternity and their Regret Then Allah says

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