Surah Muhammad: Verse 18 - فهل ينظرون إلا الساعة أن... - English

Tafsir of Verse 18, Surah Muhammad

فَهَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً ۖ فَقَدْ جَآءَ أَشْرَاطُهَا ۚ فَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمْ إِذَا جَآءَتْهُمْ ذِكْرَىٰهُمْ

English Translation

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

English Transliteration

Fahal yanthuroona illa alssaAAata an tatiyahum baghtatan faqad jaa ashratuha faanna lahum itha jaathum thikrahum

Tafsir of Verse 18

Are they looking for aught but the Hour, that it shall come upon them suddenly? Already its tokens have come; so, when it has come to them, how shall they have their Reminder?

Do they then only wait for the Hour,- that it should come on them of a sudden? But already have come some tokens thereof, and when it (actually) is on them, how can they benefit then by their admonition?
Verse 18 - Surah Muhammad: (فهل ينظرون إلا الساعة أن تأتيهم بغتة ۖ فقد جاء أشراطها ۚ فأنى لهم إذا جاءتهم ذكراهم...) - English