Yet they say: "When will this promise come to pass? (Tell Us) if you speak the truth."
And they say, “When will this promise come, if you are truthful?”
They say, 'When shall this promise come to pass, if you speak the truth?'
And [when] they ask, “When is this promise [of resurrection] to be fulfilled? [Answer this, O you who believe in it,] if you are men of truth!” –
And they say: when will this Promise be fufilled if ye say sooth?
And they (the disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah) say: "When (will) this promise (be fulfilled), if you are truthful?"
And they say, “When is this promise, if you are truthful?”
They also say: "Tell us when this threat will come to pass, if you are truthful."
And they say: "When this promise, if you are truthful"
And they say: When (will) this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are truthful?
They say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, if you are truthful?’
And they ask: 'When will this promise come, if what you say is true'
And they say, "When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?"
They ask, "When the Day of Judgment will come, if it is true at all?"
And they say: When will this threat come to pass, if you are truthful?
Wayaqooloona mat<u>a</u> h<u>atha</u> alwaAAdu in kuntum <u>sa</u>diqeen<b>a</b>
They ask, "When will this promise be fulfilled, if what you say be true?"
They also say: "When will this promise (come to pass)? (Say) if ye are truthful."
وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ
The disbelievers amongst your people who deny the resurrection say: “When will the punishment you and the believers promise us occur, if you are true in what you claim of that?”
The disbelievers amongst your people who deny the resurrection say: “When will the punishment you and the believers promise us occur, if you are true in what you claim of that?”
<div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هَـذَا الْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـدِقِينَ </div><p>(And they say: "When (will) this promise (be fulfilled), if you are truthful")  Allah said, responding to them:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">قُلْ</div><p>(Say) `O Muhammad,'</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">عَسَى أَن يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُم بَعْضُ الَّذِى تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ</div><p>(Perhaps that which you wish to hasten on, may be close behind you.) Ibn `Abbas said, "That which you wish to hasten on has come close to you, or some of it has come close." This was also the view of Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak, `Ata Al-Khurasani, Qatadah and As-Suddi. This is also what is meant in the Ayat:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هُوَ قُلْ عَسَى أَن يَكُونَ قَرِيبًا</div><p>(And they say: "When will that be" Say: "Perhaps it is near!") (17:51)</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">يَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِالْعَذَابِ وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمُحِيطَةٌ بِالْكَـفِرِينَ </div><p>(They ask you to hasten on the torment. And verily, Hell, of a surety, will encompass the disbelievers) (29:54).</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">عَسَى أَن يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُم</div><p>(may be close behind you.) means, it is being hastened for you. This was reported from Mujahid. Then Allah says:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ</div><p>(Verily, your Lord is full of grace for mankind,) meaning, He abundantly bestows His blessings on them even though they wrong themselves, yet despite that they do not give thanks for those blessings, except for a few of them.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَعْلَمُ مَا تُكِنُّ صُدُورُهُمْ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ </div><p>(And verily, your Lord knows what their breasts conceal and what they reveal.) means, He knows what is hidden in their hearts just as He knows what is easily visible.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">سَوَآءٌ مِّنْكُمْ مَّنْ أَسَرَّ الْقَوْلَ وَمَنْ جَهَرَ بِهِ</div><p>(It is the same (to Him) whether any of you conceals his speech or declares it openly) (13:10),</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">يَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ وَأَخْفَى</div><p>(He knows the secret and that which is yet more hidden) (20: 7),</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">أَلا حِينَ يَسْتَغْشُونَ ثِيَابَهُمْ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ</div><p>(Surely, even when they cover themselves with their garments, He knows what they conceal and what they reveal) (11:5). Then Allah tells us that He is the Knower of the unseen in the heavens and on earth, and that He is the Knower of the unseen and the seen, i.e., that which is unseen by His servants and that which they can see. And Allah says:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَمَا مِنْ غَآئِبَةٍ</div><p>(and there is nothing hidden) Ibn `Abbas said, "This means, there is nothing</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فِى السَّمَآءِ وَالاٌّرْضِ إِلاَّ فِى كِتَـبٍ مُّبِينٍ</div><p>(in the heaven and the earth but it is in a Clear Book.) This is like the Ayah,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى السَّمَآءِ وَالاٌّرْضِ إِنَّ ذلِكَ فِى كِتَـبٍ إِنَّ ذلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ </div><p>(Know you not that Allah knows all that is in the heaven and on the earth Verily, it is (all) in the Book. Verily, that is easy for Allah.) (22:70)</p>
وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هَـذَا الْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـدِقِينَ (And they say: "When (will) this promise (be fulfilled), if you are truthful")  Allah said, responding to them:قُلْ(Say) `O Muhammad,'عَسَى أَن يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُم بَعْضُ الَّذِى تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ(Perhaps that which you wish to hasten on, may be close behind you.) Ibn `Abbas said, "That which you wish to hasten on has come close to you, or some of it has come close." This was also the view of Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak, `Ata Al-Khurasani, Qatadah and As-Suddi. This is also what is meant in the Ayat:وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هُوَ قُلْ عَسَى أَن يَكُونَ قَرِيبًا(And they say: "When will that be" Say: "Perhaps it is near!") (17:51)يَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِالْعَذَابِ وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمُحِيطَةٌ بِالْكَـفِرِينَ (They ask you to hasten on the torment. And verily, Hell, of a surety, will encompass the disbelievers) (29:54).عَسَى أَن يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُم(may be close behind you.) means, it is being hastened for you. This was reported from Mujahid. Then Allah says:وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ(Verily, your Lord is full of grace for mankind,) meaning, He abundantly bestows His blessings on them even though they wrong themselves, yet despite that they do not give thanks for those blessings, except for a few of them.وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَعْلَمُ مَا تُكِنُّ صُدُورُهُمْ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ (And verily, your Lord knows what their breasts conceal and what they reveal.) means, He knows what is hidden in their hearts just as He knows what is easily visible.سَوَآءٌ مِّنْكُمْ مَّنْ أَسَرَّ الْقَوْلَ وَمَنْ جَهَرَ بِهِ(It is the same (to Him) whether any of you conceals his speech or declares it openly) (13:10),يَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ وَأَخْفَى(He knows the secret and that which is yet more hidden) (20: 7),أَلا حِينَ يَسْتَغْشُونَ ثِيَابَهُمْ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ(Surely, even when they cover themselves with their garments, He knows what they conceal and what they reveal) (11:5). Then Allah tells us that He is the Knower of the unseen in the heavens and on earth, and that He is the Knower of the unseen and the seen, i.e., that which is unseen by His servants and that which they can see. And Allah says:وَمَا مِنْ غَآئِبَةٍ(and there is nothing hidden) Ibn `Abbas said, "This means, there is nothingفِى السَّمَآءِ وَالاٌّرْضِ إِلاَّ فِى كِتَـبٍ مُّبِينٍ(in the heaven and the earth but it is in a Clear Book.) This is like the Ayah,أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى السَّمَآءِ وَالاٌّرْضِ إِنَّ ذلِكَ فِى كِتَـبٍ إِنَّ ذلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ (Know you not that Allah knows all that is in the heaven and on the earth Verily, it is (all) in the Book. Verily, that is easy for Allah.) (22:70)