سورة الحَجّ
Surah Al-Hajj 22:47
The Pilgrimage · Verse 47 of 78
وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِالْعَذَابِ وَلَنْ يُخْلِفَ اللَّهُ وَعْدَهُ ۚ وَإِنَّ يَوْمًا عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ كَأَلْفِ سَنَةٍ مِمَّا تَعُدُّونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
And they (- the disbelievers) demand of you to expedite (their) punishment. Allâh will not fail His promise. (Remember however that) one day with your Lord is (sometimes) equal to one thousand years by your counting.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment! But Allah will not fail in His Promise. Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years of your reckoning.
Ahmed Ali
That is how they ask you to hasten the punishment; but God does not go back on His promise. Verily a day with your Lord is equal by your reckoning to a thousand years.
12 more translations
Ali Unal
They challenge you to hasten the coming upon them of God’s punishment (with which they are threatened). Let them know that God never fails to fulfill His promise; but a day with your Lord is like a thousand years in your reckoning.
Daryabadi
And they ask thee to hasten on the torment, whereas Allah shall not fail His promise. And verily a day with thy Lord is as a thousand years of that which ye compute.
Faridul Haque
And they ask you for the punishment – they are impatient – and Allah will not make His promise untrue; and indeed a single day before Allah is like a thousand years in your calculation.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And they ask thee to hasten on the chastisement, and Allah by no means fails in His promise. And surely a day with thy Lord is as a thousand years of what you reckon.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And they demand of thee to hasten on the punishment, but ALLAH will never break HIS promise. And, verily, a day with thy Lord is sometimes as a thousand years of your reckoning.
Muhammad Asad
And [so, O Muhammad,] they challenge thee to hasten the coming upon them of [God's] chastisement but God never fails to fulfil His promise - and, behold, in thy Sustainer's sight a day is like a thousand years of your reckoning.
Muhammad Musin Khan
And they ask you to hasten on the torment! And Allah fails not His Promise. And verily, a day with your Lord is as a thousand years of what you reckon.
Muhammad Pickthall
And they will bid thee hasten on the Doom, and Allah faileth not His promise, but lo! a Day with Allah is as a thousand years of what ye reckon.
Muhammad Sarwar
They want you to bring upon them their punishment without delay. God never disregards His promise. One day for God is equal to a thousand years for you.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And they ask you to hasten on the punishment, and Allah will by no means fail in His promise, and surely a day with your Lord is as a thousand years of what you number.
Rashad Khalifa
They challenge you to bring retribution, and GOD never fails to fulfill His prophecy. A day of your Lord is like a thousand of your years.
Shabbir Ahmed
And so (O Prophet) they challenge you to hasten the doom, but God never fails to fulfill His promise. A day of your Lord is like a thousand of your years. (See 32:5, 70:4).
Commentary 22:47 “One day with your Lord is (sometimes) equal to one thousand years by your counting.” The Holy Prophet (pbuh) is reported to have said that the first…
وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِالْعَذَابِ وَلَن يُخْلِفَ اللَّهُ وَعْدَهُ ۚ وَإِنَّ يَوْمًا عِندَ رَبِّكَ كَأَلْفِ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ
22:47 “One day with your Lord is (sometimes) equal to one thousand years by your counting.” The Holy Prophet (pbuh) is reported to have said that the first three centuries of Islam would be its best period, after which falsehood would spread and a period of darkness would set in that will extend to over a thousand years (Tirmidhî). This saying of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) explains the verse under discussion. Those spoken of here are the opponents of truth who were to come later and who have been allowed to oppose the advancement of Islam for a thousand years (see also 6:57; 8:32; 13:6;20:102; 32:5).