Surah Muhammad, Ayah 18 (47:18)

مُحَمَّد

فَهَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً ۖ فَقَدْ جَآءَ أَشْرَاطُهَا ۚ فَأَنَّىٰ …

Quran 47:18 is ayah 18 of Surah Muhammad (“Muhammad”), a Medinan surah of 38 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 508 of the Madani Mushaf.

47:18
فَهَلْيَنظُرُونَإِلَّاٱلسَّاعَةَأَنتَأْتِيَهُمبَغْتَةً ۖفَقَدْجَآءَأَشْرَاطُهَا ۚفَأَنَّىٰلَهُمْإِذَاجَآءَتْهُمْذِكْرَىٰهُمْ١٨
fahal yanẓurūna illā l-sāʿata an tatiyahum baghtatan faqad jāa ashrāṭuhā fa-annā lahum idhā jāathum dhik'rāhum

Then do they await except that the Hour should come upon them unexpectedly? But already there have come [some of] its indications. Then how [i.e., what good] to them, when it has come, will be their remembrance?(18)

Word by word

  1. فَهَلْfahalThen do
  2. يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnathey wait
  3. إِلَّاillābut
  4. ٱلسَّاعَةَl-sāʿata(for) the Hour
  5. أَنanthat
  6. تَأْتِيَهُمtatiyahumit should come to them
  7. بَغْتَةً ۖbaghtatansuddenly
  8. فَقَدْfaqadBut indeed
  9. جَآءَjāahave come
  10. أَشْرَاطُهَا ۚashrāṭuhāits indications
  11. فَأَنَّىٰfa-annāThen how
  12. لَهُمْlahumto them
  13. إِذَاidhāwhen
  14. جَآءَتْهُمْjāathumhas come to them
  15. ذِكْرَىٰهُمْdhik'rāhumtheir reminder

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