The Quran

سورة الجنّ

Surah Al-Jinn 72:25

The Jinn · Verse 25 of 28

قُلْ إِنْ أَدْرِي أَقَرِيبٌ مَا تُوعَدُونَ أَمْ يَجْعَلُ لَهُ رَبِّي أَمَدًا

Abdul Mannan Omar

Say, `I have no knowledge whether that (punishment) you are threatened with is near (at hand) or whether my Lord will fix a later term for it.´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Say: "I know not whether the (Punishment) which ye are promised is near, or whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term.

Ahmed Ali

Say: "I do not know if what is promised you is near, or if my Lord prolongs its term.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

Say: "I do not know whether (your coming face to face with) what you are promised is near, or whether my Lord sets for it a distant term."

Daryabadi

Say thou: know not whather that which ye are promised is nigh, or whether my Lord hath appointed for it a distant term.

Faridul Haque

Say (O dear Prophet Mohammed - peace and blessings be upon him), “I do not know whether what you are promised is close or if my Lord will postpone it for a while.”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Say: I know not whether that which you are promised is nigh or if my Lord will appoint for it a distant term.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Say, `I know not whether that which you are promised is nigh, or whether my Lord has fixed for it a distant term.'

Muhammad Asad

Say: "I do not know whether that [doom] of which you were forewarned is near, or whether my Sustainer has set for it a distant term."

Muhammad Musin Khan

Say (O Muhammad SAW): "I know not whether (the punishment) which you are promised is near or whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term.

Muhammad Pickthall

Say (O Muhammad, unto the disbelievers): I know not whether that which ye are promised is nigh, or if my Lord hath set a distant term for it.

Muhammad Sarwar

(Muhammad), say, "I do not know whether that with which you have been threatened is close by or whether my Lord will prolong the time of its coming.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Say: I do not know whether that with which you are threatened be nigh or whether my Lord will appoint for it a term:

Rashad Khalifa

Say, "I do not know if what is promised to you will happen soon, or if my Lord will delay it for awhile."

Shabbir Ahmed

Say, "I do not know whether the promise made to you is near or if my Lord will delay it."