Tafsir of verse 26
Al-Mukhtasar
Say, O Messenger: “The knowledge of the Hour is with Allah; only He knows when it will occur. I am only a clear warner in my warning to you.”
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Other translations of verse 26
Say, “That knowledge is with Allah alone, and I am only a clear warner.”
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "The knowledge (of its exact time) is with Allâh only, and I am only a plain warner."
Say: The knowledge is with Allah only, and I am but a plain warner;
Say: "As to the knowledge of the time, it is with Allah alone: I am (sent) only to warn plainly in public."
Say: The knowledge (thereof is only with Allah and I am only a plain warner.
Say, "Surely the knowledge is only in the Providence of Allah, and surely I am only an evident Warner."
Verse 26 word by word
قُلْ
qul Say ق و ل
إِنَّمَا
innamā Only
ٱلْعِلْمُ
l-ʿil'mu the knowledge ع ل م
عِندَ
ʿinda (is) with ع ن د
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi Allah
وَإِنَّمَآ
wa-innamā and only
أَنَا۠
anā I am
نَذِيرٌ
nadhīrun a warner ن ذ ر
مُّبِينٌ
mubīnun clear ب ي ن
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Al-’Ankabut 29:50
وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ قُلْ إِنَّمَا ٱلْـَٔايَٰتُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَإِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
But they say, "Why are not signs sent down to him from his Lord?" Say, "The signs are only with Allāh, and I am only a clear warner."
Al-Ahqaf 46:23
قَالَ إِنَّمَا ٱلْعِلْمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَأُبَلِّغُكُم مَّآ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِۦ وَلَٰكِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكُمْ قَوْمًا تَجْهَلُونَ
He said, "Knowledge [of its time] is only with Allāh, and I convey to you that with which I was sent; but I see you [to be] a people behaving ignorantly."
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