← Surah 42

42:17

ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ ۗ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ قَرِيبٌ

Word by word

ٱللَّهُ
Allah
Noun
Root: أله
ٱلَّذِىٓ
(is) the One Who
Noun
أَنزَلَ
(has) sent down
Verb
Root: نزل
ٱلْكِتَٰبَ
the Book
Noun
Root: كتب
بِٱلْحَقِّ
in truth
Noun
Root: حقق
وَٱلْمِيزَانَ
and the Balance
Noun
Root: وزن
وَمَا
And what
Preposition
يُدْرِيكَ
will make you know
Verb
Root: دري
لَعَلَّ
Perhaps
Preposition
ٱلسَّاعَةَ
the Hour
Noun
Root: سوع
قَرِيبٌ
(is) near
Noun
Root: قرب

Translation

It is Allah Who has sent down the Book in Truth, and the Balance (by which to weigh conduct). And what will make thee realise that perhaps the Hour is close at hand?

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

Bu kitabı ve ölçüyü hakla indiren Allah'tır. Ne bilirsin, belki de kıyamet saati yakındır!

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

Kitabı ve ölçüyü bir amaç ile indiren Allah’tır. Onu sana bildirecek olan ne olabilir ki belki de o (Son) Saat yakındır.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

Allah it is Who hath revealed the Scripture with truth, and the Balance. How canst thou know? It may be that the Hour is nigh.

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain