Quran 67:25

Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 25

Juz 29 · Page 563 · Section 2 of 2 · Meccan

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy. Play with 39 reciters, repeat and speed control.

Word by word

وَيَقُولُونَ wayaqūlūna And they say مَتَىٰ matā When هَـٰذَا hādhā (is) this ٱلْوَعْدُ l-waʿdu promise إِن in if كُنتُمْ kuntum you are صَـٰدِقِينَ ṣādiqīna truthful

Transliteration

Wayaqooloona mata hathaalwaAAdu in kuntum sadiqeen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And they say: When (will) this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are truthful?

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They ask: When will this promise be (fulfilled)? - If ye are telling the truth.

Context · verses 23–27

Hearing, sight, hearts — and the promise. Allah gave people hearing, sight and understanding, yet little do they give thanks; they ask when the Day will come, and its time is known only to Allah. Read the explanation.

تفسير ابن كثير — Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr (Arabic)

ثم قال مخبرا عن الكفار المنكرين للمعاد المستبعدين وقوعه : ( ويقولون متى هذا الوعد إن كنتم صادقين ) أي : متى يقع هذا الذي تخبرنا بكونه من الاجتماع بعد هذا التفرق ؟