Surah Al-Jathiyah, Ayah 32 (45:32)

ٱلْجَاثِيَة

وَإِذَا قِيلَ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَا قُلْتُم مَّا نَدْرِى مَا …

Quran 45:32 is ayah 32 of Surah Al-Jathiyah (“The Crouching”), a Meccan surah of 37 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 501 of the Madani Mushaf.

45:32
وَإِذَاقِيلَإِنَّوَعْدَٱللَّهِحَقٌّوَٱلسَّاعَةُلَارَيْبَفِيهَاقُلْتُممَّانَدْرِىمَاٱلسَّاعَةُإِننَّظُنُّإِلَّاظَنًّاوَمَانَحْنُبِمُسْتَيْقِنِينَ٣٢
wa-idhā qīla inna waʿda l-lahi ḥaqqun wal-sāʿatu lā rayba fīhā qul'tum mā nadrī mā l-sāʿatu in naẓunnu illā ẓannan wamā naḥnu bimus'tayqinīna

And when it was said, 'Indeed, the promise of Allāh is truth and the Hour [is coming] - no doubt about it,' you said, 'We know not what is the Hour. We assume only assumption, and we are not convinced.'"(32)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  2. قِيلَqīlait was said
  3. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  4. وَعْدَwaʿda(the) Promise
  5. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  6. حَقٌّḥaqqun(is) true
  7. وَٱلسَّاعَةُwal-sāʿatuand the Hour
  8. لَاlā(there is) no
  9. رَيْبَraybadoubt
  10. فِيهَاfīhāabout it
  11. قُلْتُمqul'tumyou said
  12. مَّاmāNot
  13. نَدْرِىnadrīwe know
  14. مَاmāwhat
  15. ٱلسَّاعَةُl-sāʿatuthe Hour (is)
  16. إِنinNot
  17. نَّظُنُّnaẓunnuwe think
  18. إِلَّاillāexcept
  19. ظَنًّاẓannanan assumption
  20. وَمَاwamāand not
  21. نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
  22. بِمُسْتَيْقِنِينَbimus'tayqinīna(are) convinced

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