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Surah Taha, Verse 15

سورة طه، الآية ١٥

20:15 Juz 16 Hizb 32 Page 313 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 20:15

إِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا لِتُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا تَسْعَىٰ ۝١٥

Transliteration

inna l-sāʿata ātiyatun akādu ukh'fīhā lituj'zā kullu nafsin bimā tasʿā

Translation

Indeed, the Hour is coming - I almost conceal it833 - so that every soul may be recompensed according to that for which it strives.

Notes

[833] Meaning that Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) keeps knowledge of the Hour hidden from everyone except Himself.

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Verse 15 of Surah Taha (20:15), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 313 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 15

Al-Mukhtasar

The Hour is most definitely coming and it will certainly occur. I almost keep it hidden so that no creation knows its time, but they are aware of its signs by the information given to them by the Prophet sent to them, so that each soul is rewarded for what it did, whether good or evil.

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Other translations of verse 15

The Hour is certainly coming, but I almost keep it hidden4, so that every soul will be recompensed for what it strives.

Notes

[4] Allah keeps its knowledge hidden from all except its portents which the believers know through the information provided by the Prophet (ﷺ).

"Verily, the Hour is coming - and I am almost hiding it from Myself - that every person may be rewarded for that which he strives.

Lo! the Hour is surely coming. But I will to keep it hidden, that every soul may be rewarded for that which it striveth (to achieve).

"Verily the Hour is coming - My design is to keep it hidden - for every soul to receive its reward by the measure of its Endeavour.

Surely the hour is coming-- I am about to make it manifest-- so that every soul may be rewarded as it strives:

Surely the Hour is coming up-I would almost conceal it-that every self may be recompensed for whatever it endeavors (to achieve).

Verse 15 word by word

  1. إِنَّ inna Indeed
  2. ٱلسَّاعَةَ l-sāʿata the Hour س و ع
  3. ءَاتِيَةٌ ātiyatun (will be) coming أ ت ي
  4. أَكَادُ akādu I almost ك و د
  5. أُخْفِيهَا ukh'fīhā [I] hide it خ ف ي
  6. لِتُجْزَىٰ lituj'zā that may be recompensed ج ز ي
  7. كُلُّ kullu every ك ل ل
  8. نَفْسٍۭ nafsin soul ن ف س
  9. بِمَا bimā for what
  10. تَسْعَىٰ tasʿā it strives س ع ي

Verses related to verse 15

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • An-Naml 27:65

    قُل لَّا يَعْلَمُ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْغَيْبَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ

    Say, "None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except Allāh, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected."

  • Al-A’raf 7:187

    يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّى لَا يُجَلِّيهَا لِوَقْتِهَآ إِلَّا هُوَ ثَقُلَتْ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَا تَأْتِيكُمْ إِلَّا بَغْتَةً يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ كَأَنَّكَ حَفِىٌّ عَنْهَا قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival? Say, "Its knowledge is only with my Lord. None will reveal its time except Him. It lays heavily upon the heavens and the earth. It will not come upon you except unexpectedly." They ask you as if you are familiar with it. Say, "Its knowledge is only with Allāh, but most of the people do not know."

  • Az-Zalzalah 99:7–8

    فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُۥ …

    So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, …

  • At-Tur 52:16

    ٱصْلَوْهَا فَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    [Enter to] burn therein; then be patient or impatient - it is all the same for you. You are only being recompensed [for] what you used to do."

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  • Al-Muddaththir 74:38

    كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ

    Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained

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