Surah Az-Zukhruf — Verse 66

The Ornaments of Gold · 43:66 · 66/89

هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Hal yanthuroona illa assaAAataan ta'tiyahum baghtatan wahum la yashAAuroon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

Are they waiting except for the Hour to come upon them suddenly while they perceive not?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

what are they waiting for but the Hour, which will come upon them suddenly and take them unawares?

Marmaduke Pickthall

Await they aught save the Hour, that it shall come upon them suddenly, when they know not?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Do they only wait for the Hour - that it should come on them all of a sudden, while they perceive not?

Mufti Taqi Usmani

They are waiting for nothing but for the Hour to come upon them suddenly, while they would not even imagine (it).

Al-Hilali & Khan

Do they only wait for the Hour that it shall come upon them suddenly, while they perceive not?

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Are they awaiting anything other than the Last Hour that it should suddenly come upon them without their even perceiving it?

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

ARE THEY [who are lost in sin] but waiting for the Last Hour - [waiting] that it come upon them of a sudden, without their being aware [of its approach]?

Rowwad · source edition

Are they waiting except for the Hour to come upon them by surprise when they least expect it?