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Surah Al-Ahqaf, Ayah 23 (46:23)

ٱلْأَحْقَاف

قَالَ إِنَّمَا ٱلْعِلْمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَأُبَلِّغُكُم مَّآ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِۦ وَلَٰكِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكُمْ قَوْمًا …

Quran 46:23 is ayah 23 of Surah Al-Ahqaf (“The Wind-Curved Sandhills”), a Meccan surah of 35 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 505 of the Madani Mushaf.

46:23
قَالَإِنَّمَاٱلْعِلْمُعِندَٱللَّهِوَأُبَلِّغُكُممَّآأُرْسِلْتُبِهِۦوَلَٰكِنِّىٓأَرَىٰكُمْقَوْمًاتَجْهَلُونَ٢٣
qāla innamā l-ʿil'mu ʿinda l-lahi wa-uballighukum mā ur'sil'tu bihi walākinnī arākum qawman tajhalūna

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."(23)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
  3. ٱلْعِلْمُl-ʿil'muthe knowledge
  4. عِندَʿinda(is) with Allah
  5. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(is) with Allah
  6. وَأُبَلِّغُكُمwa-uballighukumand I convey to you
  7. مَّآmāwhat
  8. أُرْسِلْتُur'sil'tuI am sent
  9. بِهِۦbihiwith it
  10. وَلَٰكِنِّىٓwalākinnībut
  11. أَرَىٰكُمْarākumI see you
  12. قَوْمًاqawmana people
  13. تَجْهَلُونَtajhalūnaignorant

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