Popular Translations
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."
Arthur John Arberry
Say: 'I do not know whether that which you are promised is nigh, or whether my Lord will appoint for it a space
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Say: "I know not whether the (Punishment) which ye are promised is near, or whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term
Arabic
قُلۡ إِنۡ أَدۡرِیۤ أَقَرِیبࣱ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ أَمۡ یَجۡعَلُ لَهُۥ رَبِّیۤ أَمَدًا ٢٥
Transliteration (2021)
qul in adrī aqarībun mā tūʿadūna am yajʿalu lahu rabbī amada