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Surah an-Naml (The Ant ) 27 : 68

لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَٰذَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

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 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before. This is not but legends of the former peoples."

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(27:68:1)
(27:68:2)
wuʿid'nā
we have been promised
(27:68:3)
(27:68:4)
(27:68:5)
waābāunā
and our forefathers
(27:68:6)
(27:68:7)
qablu
before
(27:68:8)
(27:68:9)
(27:68:10)
illā
except
(27:68:11)
asāṭīru
tales
(27:68:12)
l-awalīna
(of) the former (people)

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The unbelievers followed this absurdity with ridicule: “We have been promised this before, we and our forefathers! This is nothing but fables of the ancients.” (Verse 68) They were fully aware that earlier messengers had warned their forefathers in the past, which indicates that those Arabs were not totally unaware of faith. Rather, they thought that such promises had not been fulfilled. Therefore, they discarded the new promise, describing it as fables circulated among ancient people which Muhammad then revived. They forget that the Day of Judgement arrives at the time appointed for it, and it will neither be put forward because people hasten it, nor delayed to fulfil their hopes.

Its time has been set by God and remains known only to Him. When Gabriel asked the Prophet about its timing, he said: “The one being asked about it knows no more about it than the one putting the question.” [Related by Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, al- Nasā’ī, al-Tirmidhī and Ibn Mājah.]

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